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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WFTV 9 Orlando· 11 hours agoPresident Joe Biden will be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Friday. “The...
Exhibit on emancipation at Williams College powerful, necessary
Albany Times Union· 4 days agoThe anchor is the 1862 executive order by Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, which has...
Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 15 hours agoLee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday....
April marks the beginning and end of the American Civil War
Daily Press· 4 days agoApril is a good time to explore local sites that focus on the American Civil War, which began on...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 15 hours agoDr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential...
About This Alabama Bill To Make Workers Choose Between Celebrating Juneteenth OR Jefferson Davis’...
Black America Web· 1 day agoFor all of the boasting the GOP has done lately about making marginal progress in attracting Black...
Race relations task force in Burlington call its quits without funding or much support
The Journal Times· 4 days agoA task force on improving race relations in Burlington has voted to disband after a three-year...
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLike millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player...
Marshall native among recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom
KTBS Shreveport· 16 hours agoPresident Biden will be presenting 19 recipients with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday...
Toxic gas adds to a long history of pollution in southwest Memphis
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoFor many years, Rose Sims had no idea what was going on inside a nondescript brick building on...