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50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 3 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 18 hours agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...
Doing Right Is Hard When Doing Wrong Is Profitable
Bloomberg· 17 hours 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· 2 days agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt is the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take over the state and ensure all...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 3 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...
A Timetable of The Most Important Events of The American Civil War
247wallst.com· 6 days agoThe American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history...
Juneteenth icon Opal Lee receives SMU honorary doctorate
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 14 hours agoCivil rights icon Opal Lee received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from SMU at the university’s May 11 commencement ceremony.
Great Explorers: John C. Fremont
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSkilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered...
Discard the principle vs. compromise distinction
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoOne of the most basic conflicts in politics, and in life in general, is whether to stand by your principles or be open to compromise. Woodrow Wilson is...