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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Column: Five families sued to desegregate O.C. schools. Why is just one remembered?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 15 minutes agoThe effort to name the federal courthouse in L.A. after the Mendez family seems like the type of...
Disney's Descendants in Philadelphia at Cardinal O'hara High School 2024
Broadway World· 1 day agoComplete Information About Disney's Descendants in Philadelphia at Cardinal O'hara High School. Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney's Descendants ...
As the Tories face wipeout, they must look to Europe
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 16 minutes agoThose Tories left standing after the seemingly inevitable debacle to come could learn much from Italy, and Giorgia Meloni in particular, about how to...
Hawaii seeing a summer COVID-19 surge | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Advertiser· 15 minutes agoFor Kaimuki resident Jan Hayashi, it started with a headache halfway through the workday. Hayashi, 67, went home early on June 3, took a COVID-19 test — and tested positive. It was her second ...
Richmond’s Cutshaw Automotive owner descendant of historic Juneteenth figure
WWBT· 11 hours agoThe owner of Cutshaw Automotive is a descendant of the man who declared all enslaved African Americans were free back in 1865. The car shop is right off Broad Street, and ...
Ohio lawmaker's quest for Freedpeople justice includes state land for slavery descendants
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"I propose identifying state-owned land in Mercer County and returning it to the descendants of the Randolph Freedpeople," wrote Rep. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, in a ...
Descendants: The Rise of Red Unveils First Look at Prince Charming
CBR.com· 3 days agoEXCLUSIVE: Paolo Montalban returns as King Charming in new images that also reveal a first look at...
Descendants of last slave ship arriving in US share history with students
Southern Poverty Law Center· 2 days agoThe discovery of the Clotilda in 2019 and the observance of Juneteenth reinforce the importance of...
The history and significance of Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoJuneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country's second Independence Day—stands as an enduring symbol of Black American freedom.