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50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 4 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Opal Lee receives honorary doctorate degree from SMU
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 15 hours agoLee is a civil rights icon who championed Juneteenth awareness, an informal Texas holiday celebrated since Reconstruction recognizing the day in 1865,...
Doing Right Is Hard When Doing Wrong Is Profitable
Bloomberg· 2 days agoThe 17th-century Dutch were quite aware that slavery was pernicious and dove in anyway. Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business,...
The Reason Behind Red Juneteenth Foods and Drinks Isn't So Straight Foward
Good Housekeeping· 3 days agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 23 hours ago“Many attribute Sherman’s victory with the Atlantic campaign and March to the Sea with allowing...
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 21 hours agoPresident Joe Biden on May 3 bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people, including...
A Timetable of The Most Important Events of The American Civil War
247wallst.com· 7 days agoThe American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFew remember the song because it played only during the six-week run of My People, a show staged in Chicago in 1963 during a centenary celebration of the...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt is the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take over the state and ensure all...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 2 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...