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Dem lawmaker in tears after Republican says its unfair for Asians, Latinos to pay reparations
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA California Democratic lawmaker held back tears during a discussion on slavery reparations after...
Opportunity House hosts Juneteenth celebration
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWynton Butler, standing in the shade of a grove of trees Wednesday afternoon, posed a question. He asked the few dozen people sitting at picnic tables or standing in the grass in front of them ...
CA lawmaker chokes back tears over unfairness of forcing Latinos and Asians to pay reparations for...
BizPac Review· 2 days agoA California Democrat assemblyman was reduced to tears when a Republican colleague scolded him about the unfairness of forcing Latinos and Asians to pay reparations to the state’s blacks. During ...
Things to do in the Chattanooga area this week include Summerween, first Fourth of July events |...
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 12 hours agoHere's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
WIVB Buffalo· 4 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in...
10 Black History Tours and Experiences in New Orleans
Conde Nast Traveler via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHere, you can learn about medicinal techniques brought to New Orleans by enslaved and free West...
‘Life is a gift’: Umoja Village marks Juneteenth with joy in Aiken County
News 12 Augusta· 3 days agoThe CSRA celebrated Juneteenth on Wednesday with a second round of events commemorating the date in...
Middletown Art Center recognizes Juneteenth with annual celebration
The Lake County Record-Bee· 3 days agoThe army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Texans were free two-and-a-half years after...
Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. commemorate the abolition of slavery
AOL· 4 days agoThe U.S. is marking the national holiday of Juneteenth on Wednesday, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in the country. In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states.
Why do some Columbusites celebrate emancipation two months before Juneteenth?
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 days agoGeneral Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended,” he...