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Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago"Most people have never heard about that,'' said Gulley, board president of the Ella L. Jordan African-American History...
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,...
The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
WPBF Palm Beach· 2 hours agoThe Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
Opal Lee receives honorary doctorate degree from SMU
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 23 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,...
1863 Ventures' Melissa Bradley Gets Honored For Her Work In Financially Empowering Black Founders |...
Essence· 6 hours agoMelissa Bradley broke barriers when in 2016, she launched 1863 Ventures, an investment firm bridging...
The Reason Behind Red Juneteenth Foods and Drinks Isn't So Straight Foward
Good Housekeeping· 4 days agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 1 day agoPresident Joe Biden on May 3 bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people, including...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“Many attribute Sherman’s victory with the Atlantic campaign and March to the Sea with allowing...
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...