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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTo him, your celebration is a sham.” The long arc of history In the years following the end of the ...
When did Kentucky actually abolish slavery? A lot later than you think.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoApril 12, 1861: The American Civil War begin after Confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter in...
Canada’s Big Worry: A US Civil War
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJustin Trudeau probably won’t ask Joe Biden if the U.S. is headed for a war between the states. But a report from within his government says it’s time for Canada to get ready.
Juneteenth events across the Roanoke and New River valleys
Roanoke Times· 2 days agoJuneteenth is a federal holiday marking the end of slavery after the defeat of the Confederacy in...
Review: Erik Larson's 'Demon of Unrest' challenges inevitability of the Civil War
The Post and Courier· 6 days agoAn understanding of the stories behind momentous events often suffers from the consequences of those...
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGeneral Gordon Granger, June 19, 1865. (Photo courtesy of National Archives/Getty Images) Celebrating the end of a dark chapter In 1863, during the ...
Letters to the Gazette
Daily Press· 3 days agoAs we know, this holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in...
Playbook PM: How the Hunter Biden verdict is landing
Politico· 4 days agoThis hypothetical was tucked into the middle of the 37-page document, which sketched the possibility in 15 spare words: ‘U.S. ideological divisions,...
Read the exclusive USA TODAY interview of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
USA Today· 5 days agoIndependent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appears to be pulling voters from major...
