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What is Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day or Jubilee Day? End of American slavery commemorated
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn fact, it took two and half years until Maj. Gen. Gordon...2,000 Union troops to tell the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people there that they were ...
State Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre survivors' pursuit of reparations
The Norman Transcript· 4 days agoAccording to the Tulsa Historical Society, up to 300 people were killed, and a 2018 article in the ...
The Editorial Board: Juneteenth is a day of celebration and remembrance
The Buffalo News· 1 day agoPeople are catching on to the importance of Juneteenth. Buffalonians could give a master class on...
Before Juneteenth, Virginia celebrations took place at different times
Daily Press· 1 day agoElsewhere in Virginia, Emancipation Day also was held April 3 — the day federal troops took over...
Black mayors: Biden can carry North Carolina in November
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe possibility that Donald Trump could, despite his status as a convicted felon, still prevail in...
Finally, a specific accounting of land stolen from the formerly enslaved
Mother Jones· 3 days ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Mario Van Peebles Joins 2024 San Francisco Black Film Festival With Screenings
Broadway World· 4 days agoThe San Francisco Black Film Festival has announced the participation of acclaimed filmmaker and...
Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed
Associated Press· 2 days agoIt would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university: $237...
10th annual Marshall-Harrison County Juneteenth Celebration is Saturday
The Marshall News Messenger· 4 days agoNow in its 10th year, the Marshall-Harrison County Juneteenth Celebration promises to be an epic one...
G7 leaders tackle migration, AI and economic security on second and final day of summit in Italy
Quad-City Times· 2 days agoThe Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration, artificial intelligence, economic security and the Indo-Pacific region on Friday, the second and final ...