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Looking back at this week in history: June 23 - June 29
Tri-County Times· 3 days ago1972: Title IX of the education amendments of 1972 is enacted into law. Title IX prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on ...
Kansas, Missouri House Republicans voted to bring back pro-slavery, anti-US monument | Opinion
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery is a tribute to an insurrection devoted to...
New research exposes the role of women in America’s slave trade
The Economist· 6 days agoOver time historians came to agree that slavery was the business of men. Economists at Ohio State...
It's About Reshaping: David Kirkman on Underneath: The Children of the Sun | Black Writers Week |...
RogerEbert.com· 4 days agoThe journey to produce “Underneath: Children of the Sun” began after Kirkman found success with...
City unveils new plaque honoring civil rights trailblazer in Georgetown
WMBF News Myrtle Beach· 3 days agoA Georgetown native who pushed for civil rights in Congress in the 1800s was honored in his hometown...
One UNL summer program is making history available by transcribing ‘freedom suits’
1011 News· 6 days agoIt’s been a historic summer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Digital Research Lab. For the...
Commentary: Juneteenth should remind us how far we've come, how far we have to go
The Post and Courier· 6 days agoThe Juneteenth holiday commemorates the events of June, 19 1865, when news of the Jan. 1, 1863...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth observances waned somewhat by the mid-20th century, as a romanticized, hugely inaccurate...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoWithout the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud ...
