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Matthew Bowman: Why more and more Mormon types are denying Joseph Smith practiced polygamy
The Salt Lake Tribune· 1 day agoThe friends I went to high school with are generally a good barometer for what news, gossip and...
Juneteenth a reminder of ongoing struggles for freedom
The Hill· 6 days agoAlthough Juneteenth represents a day of freedom for Black Americans, many still struggle to realize...
Glancing Back for June 18: Mayor Ozee defies city council on police chief resolution
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 6 days agoAs one noted local character once said, "hell was a-poppin'" at the city council last night, and all...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
'The 29th of Illinois': Honoring the Black Civil War regiment connected to Juneteenth
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTazewell County honored the 11 residents who served with the 29th Colored Infantry during the Civil...
Strike Out Cancer: Jackets win twice on walk-offs, come together with Lynx for special recognition
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 4 days agoThomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln came together between the two games of a doubleheader at Ann...
Six Masterpieces to Celebrate Juneteenth
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoFrom its beginnings as a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”...
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
New York Daily News· 6 days agoArmy soldiers brought news of emancipation to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — more than...
From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFirst, it took a certain kind of wisdom to know that what he was doing was the right thing to do....
Donald Trump Proposes Migrant ‘Fight League’ During Bonkers Rally Speech
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAll over me. I’ve taken a lot of wounds, I can tell you. More than I expect any president ever.” It...