Search results
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Louisiana becomes first state to require that Ten Commandments be displayed in public classrooms
CBS News· 3 hours agoLouisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every...
Louisiana Obliterates Separation of Church and State With Wild New Law
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 hour agostate and national government.” If that’s truly the case, then where is Louisiana’s law requiring ...
Another blow to American democracy from the Supreme Court
The Hill· 8 hours agoThe Supreme Court’s ruling in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP put to rest any lingering doubts...
Amy Coney Barrett Breaks With Supreme Court Originalists
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoTwo years ago, the Supreme Court took originalism to its logical conclusion in , its first major...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 10 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoNow, every state in the U.S. recognizes it after South Dakota became the last state to finally ...
Louisiana requires display of Ten Commandments in all classrooms
Reuters via Yahoo News· 22 minutes agoGovernor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the
The history and significance of Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoJuneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country's second Independence Day—stands as an enduring symbol of Black American freedom.
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe holiday’s roots trace back to June 19, 1865, when U.S. troops led by Maj. Gen. Gordon...