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50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
A Timetable of The Most Important Events of The American Civil War
247wallst.com· 4 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· 1 day 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...
Great Explorers: John C. Fremont
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoSkilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered...
Inside Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn a packed East Room, President Biden calls the class of recipients ‘incredible people’ whose...
Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 7 days agoLee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday....
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WSB Radio· 6 days agoNineteen people were awarded the highest civilian honor in the country.
Biden to award Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ with highest civilian honor
KXAN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe White House announced Opal Lee from Marshall, Texas is one of 19 recipients of the Presidential...
“Grandmother Of Juneteenth” Opal Lee To Receieve Presidential Medal Of Freedom | Essence
Essence· 7 days agoDr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential...
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
CBS News· 7 days agoOpal Lee has long made headlines in North Texas, and throughout the country. This time, she's being...