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Alabama again considers making Juneteenth at state holiday
Birmingham News· 5 days agoAlabama lawmakers are again considering creating a permanent state holiday on Juneteenth to...
CLN drops Juneteenth holiday
Coeur d'Alene Press· 6 days agoThe Community Library Network will no longer observe Juneteenth, the state and federally recognized holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee gifted a new home
Winston-Salem Journal· 6 days agoWhen Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ taking back land where childhood home was burned by racist mob in 1939
ABC News· 6 days agoThe violence raged on June 19, 1939 -- the date now known as “Juneteenth,” the annual holiday that...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee gifted a new home
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 6 days agoWhen Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out...
On the hunt for Easter bunnies
Marshall Independent· 9 hours agoCousins Livia Draeger, 8, left, and Paisley Draeger, 7, found one of the hidden cutout bunnies at the Lyon County Museum in Marshall on Thursday as part...
Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to get new home where racist mob drove her family away from...
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoLee expects house to be move-in ready by June 19 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When Opal Lee was 12, a...
Jhene Aiko is opening her tour in Detroit on Juneteenth
Detroit Metro Times· 2 days agoR&B singer-songwriter Jhene Aiko just announced “The Magic Hour Tour,” her first headlining tour in...
As some states work to ban DEI programs, Cary makes one permanent
The News & Observer· 33 minutes agoAs many government diversity, equity and inclusion programs get cut nationwide, Cary is making one a...
85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot
Tulsa World· 4 days agoNow, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving in to a brand new home on the...