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Civil rights icon Opal Lee headed to Japan to share the story of Juneteenth, message of freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 7 hours agoLee, 97, will spend 10 days abroad sharing her life story, the message of freedom, and the story of...
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 6 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"Most people have never heard about that,'' said Gulley, board president of the Ella L. Jordan African-American History...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhat is Juneteenth? When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, to free enslaved African Americans, it took time ...
The Reason Behind Red Juneteenth Foods and Drinks Isn't So Straight Foward
Good Housekeeping· 5 days agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
WPBF Palm Beach· 1 day agoThe Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 6 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...
Let leadership qualities drive your presidential vote
San Antonio Express-News· 1 day agoIn “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” author Doris Kearns Goodwin teaches us how four presidents —...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Many attribute Sherman’s victory with the Atlantic campaign and March to the Sea with allowing...