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50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Great Explorers: John C. Fremont
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoSkilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered...
A Timetable of The Most Important Events of The American Civil War
247wallst.com· 3 days agoThe American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via AOL· 1 day 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...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WPXI· 6 days agoNineteen people were awarded the highest civilian honor in the country.
Inside Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn a packed East Room, President Biden calls the class of recipients ‘incredible people’ whose...
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, PARTS 1, 2 & 3 Comes to Quintessence Theatre
Broadway World· 20 hours agoParks was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2022. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, ‘Father Comes Home’ flips the Civil War narrative of North vs. South, Confederacy vs. Union ...
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
CBS News· 6 days agoOpal Lee has long made headlines in North Texas, and throughout the country. This time, she's being...
“Grandmother Of Juneteenth” Opal Lee To Receieve Presidential Medal Of Freedom | Essence
Essence· 6 days agoDr. Opal Lee will add a new accomplishment to her resume Friday when she is awarded the Presidential...
Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 7 days agoLee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday....
