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Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAmy Donofrio in front of Robert E. Lee High School Photo courtesy of the EVAC movement "Jesus...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Florida teacher’s license could be revoked after she supported Black Lives Matter and the changing...
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 6 days agoOutside the room where she taught English to mostly Black students at the former Robert E. Lee High ...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThis occurred two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered and the Union Army won the Civil War, and more than two years ...
Reprimand settles former Duval teacher Amy Donofrio's fight over Black Lives Matter flag
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDonofrio, who taught English at Riverside High School when it was called Robert E. Lee
JD Crowe: Celebrate Juneteenth and abolish Alabama’s Confederate holidays
Birmingham News· 5 hours agoJune 19 has long been recognized by African Americans as a day to celebrate the end of slavery. It...
A school board reinstated Confederate names. It split the community again.
Washington Post· 3 days agoA.D. Carter V worries about the pressure he’ll feel next year when he walks through the doors of the...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoHistorical/Corbis via Getty Images The History of Juneteenth On June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 4 hours agoToday, June 19, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of slavery in the defeated South. The date...
In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoA Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary