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Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoCouncil previously passed its own version of the act in 2021 by including hairstyles as part of the...
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 7 days agoWhile June 19 is the official federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, Gen. Edward McCook first read the Emancipation ...
An apology is the cornerstone of reparations bills in California. What would it do?
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe estimated cost would be $150,000. “You can walk over and look at it with pride,” he said....
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis holiday honors the effective end of slavery in the United States and is a major summer event...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBoth Democratic and Republican lawmakers have tried and failed to pass bills on both of these...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Government compensation for slavery? NJ may lead in answering that question
WPIX 11 New York· 4 days agoNEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — In just over a month, on Juneteenth, a preliminary report will release one of...
Lies About American History We Were All Taught in School
Cheapism via AOL· 1 day agoA lot of U.S. history is too good to be true — and actually is not. Sometimes fact is ignored, or...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 5 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-ever Juneteenth parade as part of its...