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50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 1 day agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
The Greenville News· 6 hours agoConfederate Memorial Day in South Carolina takes place on Friday, May 10, sparking controversy and...
The Reason Behind Red Juneteenth Foods and Drinks Isn't So Straight Foward
Good Housekeeping· 24 hours agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
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...
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...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 2 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...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WSB Radio· 7 days agoNineteen people were awarded the highest civilian honor in the country.
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, PARTS 1, 2 & 3 Comes to Quintessence Theatre
Broadway World· 3 days agoParks was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2022. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, ‘Father Comes Home’ flips the Civil War narrative of North vs. South, Confederacy vs. Union ...
President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’
Dallas Morning News· 7 days agoOpal Lee grinned and pumped her arms in excitement Friday after President Joe Biden draped the...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee of Texas honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Denton Record-Chronicle· 7 days ago"Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee was one of 19 recipients this year of the Presidential Medal of...
