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What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 7 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and soldiers from...
...Actions to Protect and Preserve Our Nation’s African American History Ahead of Juneteenth ...
The White House· 4 days agoand Vice President Harris have advanced racial justice and asserted that Black history is American ...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in DC, Maryland and Virginia
WDVM via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWASHINGTON (DC News) — Juneteenth is a time for family, friends and community to celebrate the end ...
What is Juneteenth? Here's why we celebrate the federal holiday in South Carolina
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn June, the United States will celebrate the date aptly described as our country’s second...
How we uncovered the true story of 40 Acres and a Mule
Mother Jones· 15 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after ...
DC/DOX returns to downtown with a bursting slate of documentaries
Washington Post· 2 days agoWhen AFI Docs paused operations indefinitely that year, Sitney and PR executive Jamie Shor stepped...
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDespite the opposition, these celebrations expanded throughout the South, gained commercial elements during the 1920s and 1930s and often featured...
DC/DOX Film Festival explores Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross, psychics and hummingbirds - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 2 days ago“DC/DOX is really filling the void of SILVERDOCS, which evolved into AFI DOCs, returning a major...
Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom won’t be in Fort Worth this year, but its mission is unchanged
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 days agoThe walk will move back to Fort Worth in 2025 and will take place in Washington, D.C., in 2026 at...
Michigan Chronicle co-owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist William Pickard dies at 83
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIn 2019, Pickard was awarded the “The Michigan Lifetime Humanitarian Award...