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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
California’s Black legislators make case for reparations bills while launching statewide tour
NBC NEWS· 3 days agoSeveral members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus launched a statewide tour in San Diego...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoAlabama is one of the states giving their voters the chance to amend the 13th Amendment: the exemption from slavery or involuntary servitude unless your are convicted of a crime. Ironically, ...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWilbur Bell, 83, believes he is a living son of slavery in America. Family history has Bell’s...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 3 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 7 hours agoOn “Juneteenth,” I heard the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, read over the radio, and it was inspiring to hear the words of the document...
In Sacramento, literacy is still a giant hurdle to achieving equality for all | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfter celebrating the 159th anniversary of Juneteenth, I cannot help but think about how far Black...
'Kindly Get the F*** Out': Missouri GOP Candidate Tells Black Americans to Leave the U.S. If They...
Atlanta Black Star· 1 day agoA Republican candidate in the state of Missouri posted a video on her social media pages belittling the holiday of Juneteenth and firing off her criticisms of reparations. “Reparations from ...
Meek Mill joins Murphy to launch N.J. clemency overhaul on Juneteenth
NJ.com· 2 days agoSlavery is banned everywhere in America except the prison system. The 13th Amendment states,...
