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Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 2 days agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in...
Missouri Republican tells Black Americans to ‘kindly’ leave US if they don’t like country
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoShe has never served in the armed forces...President Joe Biden recognized Juneteenth as a federal...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBy contrast the relatively lukewarm reception to Martin Luther King Jr. Day has made education about difficult stories ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 3 days agoAlso known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, Juneteenth...
Gov. Jeff Landry gives state workers Wednesday off to observe Juneteenth
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLandry issued an executive order at the end of last month directing the heads of state agencies and...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 3 days agoIn the lead-up to 19 June 2021, both chambers of the US Congress moved swiftly to pass the bill and - with the signature of President Biden, it became...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPresident Joe Biden signed it into law June 17, 2021, and federal workers got June 18 off (since June 19, 2021, was a Saturday). It was the first new...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt was said that Mays played baseball with the joy of a child. He was called “The Say Hey Kid,” to...
What you may not know about the ‘Father of Juneteenth’ Al Edwards
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Dad knew it had to be [passed] state by state. Being a state legislator, he understood how...
