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The Root· 5 days ago“It’s a way for people to separate themselves from African Americans, a way of saying, ‘I’m better than that,’” she explained. Cane, who previously wrote on “The Resurgence of the Tragic < ...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
On eve of Juneteenth, exploring a personal connection
Axios· 4 days agoMy great-great-grandmother, Francisca Martinez, was a woman of mystery who may have been born to...
England stars pile on the PDA with WAGs in stands after their first Euros win
Daily Mirror· 6 days agoThe England team's wives and girlfriends were on hand to help the footballers celebrate a positive...
'The heart of Austin beats here': Juneteenth, visit city's only intact slave quarters
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"In 1837, William Barton brought the first enslaved people to the Austin area, although outside of...
Rural Hamilton County was home to free Black people in mid-1800s
WTHR Indianapolis· 3 days agoIn a rural part of northern Hamilton County is a part of history connected to the Juneteenth...
Ohio lawmaker's quest for Freedpeople justice includes state land for slavery descendants
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAccording to reports at the time, those confronting the Freedpeople justified their actions: “We will not live among negroes, and as we have settled here first, we have fully determined that ...
A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: Black Idahoans ring in Juneteenth, host events in Treasure and Magic...
The Times-News· 5 days agoThe National Museum of African American History and Culture considered the day, nationally...
Freed slaves ventured to Ohio for a fresh start. An angry white mob turned them away.
WTVG 13 Action News· 3 days agoHundreds of freed slaves left their plantation in Virginia in pursuit of a fresh start in Ohio in...
Ohio Rep. aims to commemorate freed slaves who were denied their legal property in 1840s
Dayton Daily News· 2 days agoAn Ohio House representative is hoping to formally recognize the story of the Randolph Freedpeople,...