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Equal Justice Initiative dedicates monument to slavery survivors at Montgomery memorial park
WJFW Rhinelander· 14 hours agoMore than 200 people gathered at the park on Wednesday to dedicate the National Monument to...
Human trafficking victims rescued from illegal Bradenton massage parlor, FDLE says
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoInvestigators say around 120 women were tricked into coming to the U.S. and held against their will...
African American Heritage Center hosts first annual Juneteenth Lunch and Learn event
WBKO Bowling Green· 12 hours ago“Juneteenth has become the most well-known celebration for the ending of slavery in the Unites...
Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The other America’
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoEditor’s note: To commemorate Juneteenth, we share excerpts of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Stanford University in April 1967. We hear...
John Waters Loves Hosting Mosswood Meltdown Festival Because 'Punks' Have 'Always Been My People'...
People via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoSid Vicious.’ There could be a lot of great punk [drag personas] — ‘Debbie Too Hairy,'" suggests...
UK designer Vivienne Westwood's wardrobe set for charity auction
AFP via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe personal wardrobe of late British fashion designer and political activist Vivienne Westwood is...
Commentary: How Black Americans’ refusals of injustice have shaped our national story
Hartford Courant· 3 days agoRefusal is a powerful political act. Acting in defense of themselves, Black people and Black women...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 23 hours agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
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...
Commentary: This Juneteenth, find ways to celebrate jubilee joy
GBH News· 1 day agoWith fresh strawberries, strawberry syrup, and splashes of dark rum, orange liqueur and sparkling...