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African American Leadership Alliance CEO Walter Lanier steps down - Milwaukee Business Journal
The Business Journals· 4 days agoThe African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee said Tuesday that Walter Lanier is stepping...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via AOL· 4 days agothe army’s arrival in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, rarely circulated outside African-American circles, the ...
Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as...
A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: Black Idahoans ring in Juneteenth, host events in Treasure and Magic...
The Times-News· 5 days agoThe National Museum of African American History and Culture considered the day ...
Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre survivors' pursuit of reparations
The Weatherford Democrat· 6 days agoAccording to the Tulsa Historical Society, as many as 300 people were killed. A 2018 article in the ...
Lorraine Cochran-Johnson leading in DeKalb CEO runoff
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 4 days agoLorraine Cochran-Johnson is leading in the runoff election to become DeKalb County’s next chief...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Tallahassee Democrat· 5 days agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day,...
Nathan Hare, scholar who led fight for Black studies, dies at 91
Washington Post· 7 hours agoThe death was announced by the Black Scholar, a journal Dr. Hare co-founded in 1969. Dr. Hare was...
New Documentary Spotlights the Little-Known History of Black Surfers
Men's Journal· 4 days ago'Wade in the Water' is now streaming on Amazon and select other platforms. Today, in celebration of...
Kansas officially observes Juneteenth, the nation's 'second Independence Day' at Capitol
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agothe face of adversity and oppression. We acknowledge the Black injustices of slavery, but also the