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Riviera Beach has big plans for this weekend's 'Mayteenth' celebration
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRiviera Beach City Councilwoman Shirley Lanier will host a program Saturday commemorating the end of...
Will Smith's Civil War-era drama 'Emancipation' was inspired by the true story of an enslaved man...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWill Smith plays Peter in "Emancipation."AppleTV "Emancipation" premiered in select theaters on...
D.C.’s Enslavers Got Reparations. Freed People Got Nothing.
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen we hear “emancipation” we think “Juneteenth” — the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas, the last Confederate state with institutional slavery, received word they ...
When did Democrats and Republicans switch platforms?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President and a Republican (left), and Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. President and a Democrat. The Republican and...
State Rep. Justin Jones Rips Tennessee House GOP's 'Interesting' Juneteenth Tweet
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJustin Jones was one of two Black Democrats who were briefly expelled from the Tennessee state...
Disagreement about disenfranchised white voters played out in newspapers in 1869 | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI am amazed by the activities of Black civic leaders and politicians of the 1860s. Slavery ended in Tennessee Feb. 22, 1865, and 2,452 people in Knox County voted to abolish it. Since supporters ...
The Unbearable Heat of Prisons in Summer
Time via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCredit - Getty Images Like many people, I knew nothing about the heat crisis in U.S. prisons for most of my life. I first learned of the crisis in early...
Florida among 2 dozen states that do not recognize Juneteenth. What to know about holiday
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAmerica’s youngest federal holiday, Juneteenth, is rapidly approaching. The holiday, which became...
The Women Who Revolutionized Nursing During the American Civil War
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA nurse prepares to spoon-feed soldiers in the Union hospital at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania,...
Will Smith's Emancipation gets first reviews
Digital Spy via AOL· 1 year agoWill Smith's Emancipation gets first reviewsApple TV+ Will Smith's new movie Emancipation has received rather mixed reviews from critics. The drama is...
