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The Root· 6 days agoProtesters fighting against police violence were awarded a historic victory this week. On Thursday, the City of New York agreed to pay ...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAfter more cases of police brutality resulting in the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor...National Archives, 19 June 2020, https://www.archives.gov...
'The faker a show is, the more ethical it is': Emily Nussbaum on the conditions of reality TV
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“When I wrote this book, nobody was doing anything to try to protect cast members,” such as former “Real Housewives of New York City” star Bethenny Frankel ...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Cops shattered his window during a traffic stop. Who is Marvin Taylor?
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn all, Marvo’s Army gained nine new little members. Since the May 7 traffic stop, Taylor said, many...
Lenawee Pride 2024 set for June 22 at Tecumseh Center for the Arts
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe first Pride marches took place June 28, 1970, in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles on the...
UC Berkeley arson suspect a 34-year-old PhD grad living in parents' million-dollar home
BizPac Review· 4 days agoArson attacks including the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle during anti-Israel protests on campus have been linked to Casey Robert Goonan, a PhD student ...
American Bankruptcy Law Already Undercuts Accountability for Police Misconduct
The Nation· 5 days agoPolice misconduct continues to be among the nation’s biggest public problems, putting Black...
Blow: Juneteenth marked end to slavery; freedom’s taken longer | HeraldNet.com
Everett Herald· 5 days agoTo start, there is some debate over whether most of the estimated 250,000 enslaved people in Texas at the time didn’t know about the Emancipation Proclamation.
A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: Black Idahoans ring in Juneteenth, host events in Treasure and Magic...
The Times-News· 6 days agoThe National Museum of African American History and Culture considered the day, nationally...