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Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 2 days agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in ...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque· 2 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the...
African American veterans celebrated with first-ever Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 2 days agoThe first-ever Juneteenth Honor Flight took place in Washington, D.C., celebrating African American...
Is The Stock Market Closed On Juneteenth? Wall Street Holidays 2024
Investor's Business Daily· 2 days agoTake a look at this list of stock market holidays in 2024 to find out whether the market will be...
Are banks open today? Federal bank holidays in 2024
Bankrate via AOL· 4 days agoDay Jan. 15 Presidents’ Day Feb. 19 Memorial Day May 27 Juneteenth National ...Note: The federal government refers to Presidents Day as Washington’s...
Celebrating local Pride Heroes: Peter Rosenstein was inspired by MLK to become an impactful activist...
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoThe picture shows a 16-year-old Rosenstein presenting an award to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Juneteenth is a celebration of ethnic harmony
Fox News· 2 days agoAs Black Americans across the country celebrate Juneteenth with friends, family and loved ones, we celebrate the magnificent achievement that could only...
Daywatch: A real-world ‘Sesame Street’ in Chicago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoGood morning, Chicago. What was once an empty lot at the southwest corner of Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Avenue has been reinvented as a space reminiscent of a real-world “Sesame Street ...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 10 hours agoJohn Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F....