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How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoIt is the American celebration of freedom from slavery. Juneteenth was first observed, unofficially, in Texas in 1866. It wasn't officially ...
Delaware House rejects expanding absentee ballot, early voting in state constitution
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Delawareans deserve the ability to vote without undue hardship, whether through in-person early...
Marking Juneteenth in N.H. after lawmakers voted against making it a state holiday - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 11 hours agoFor generations, Black Americans have celebrated with parades, festivals, music, and cookouts. The...
Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWASHINGTON — Senate Democrats held a press conference Tuesday to stand up for reproductive rights...
Freedom Summer: 60 years since the iconic movement
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 hour agoThe summer of 1964 was a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, demonstrating the power of ground-level ...
Biden campaign 'obviously worried' about Black voters turning out in 2024: CNN analyst
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago"I think the Biden campaign has to figure out how to talk about race, how to talk about racism. They...
The Future of Michigan Politics Depends on a City You Probably Never Think About
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThe Democrat in the race is Curtis Hertel Jr., a former Whitmer apparatchik and the son...With its...
Harris kicks off Juneteenth Day of Action
The Hill via AOL· 13 hours agoVice President Harris kicked off Juneteenth’s National Day of Action by highlighting organizations working to expand the right to vote
At Alabama Juneteenth event, holiday seen as an opening day for ‘voting season’
Birmingham News· 3 hours agoJuneteenth has been a federal holiday for the past three years and commemorates the ending of...
The state of Alaska violates Americans with Disabilities Act
KTVF Fairbanks· 1 day agoOn June 18, the United States Justice Department announced that the state of Alaska violated the
