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Equal Justice Initiative dedicates monument to slavery survivors at Montgomery memorial park
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 17 minutes agoPeople who visit the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery will not only face the brutality ...
John Waters Loves Hosting Mosswood Meltdown Festival Because 'Punks' Have 'Always Been My People'...
People via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSid Vicious.’ There could be a lot of great punk [drag personas] — ‘Debbie Too Hairy,'" suggests...
Human trafficking victims rescued from illegal Bradenton massage parlor, FDLE says
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoInvestigators say around 120 women were tricked into coming to the U.S. and held against their will...
Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The other America’
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 10 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...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 hours ago“The white man is liberated, the black man is liberated, the brave men now fighting the battles of their country against rebels and traitors are now liberated,” he wrote, ...
Commentary: How Black Americans’ refusals of injustice have shaped our national story
Hartford Courant· 2 days agoRefusal is a powerful political act. Acting in defense of themselves, Black people and Black women...
Can South Africa’s Center Hold?
Foreign Policy Magazine· 13 hours agoIf you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here. Cyril Ramaphosa will be sworn in today for a second term as...
Commentary: This Juneteenth, find ways to celebrate jubilee joy
GBH News· 16 hours agoWith fresh strawberries, strawberry syrup, and splashes of dark rum, orange liqueur and sparkling...
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...
UK designer Vivienne Westwood's wardrobe set for charity auction
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe personal wardrobe of late British fashion designer and political activist Vivienne Westwood is...