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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 day agoThe celebration is meant to honor the arduous journey to freedom while staying true to the history...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoOrganizers...News Jax they incorporated songs and dances of freedom for this year’s event. “Hereby,...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPark Avenue. In the place where the Emancipation Proclamation was first read in Florida, this year
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WRBL Columbus· 1 day agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 5 hours agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
The Rich History Of Drinking Hibiscus Tea On Juneteenth
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA cornerstone of Black history, hibiscus tea has maintained a stronghold in the culture. Despite its...
An apology is the cornerstone of reparations bills in California. What would it do?
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“We’re asking for money to display the apology prominently in the Capitol with the same gravitas as...
Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of...
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...