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Juneteenth Proclaimed State Holiday Again in Alabama, After Bill to Make It Permanent Falters
US News & World Report· 2 hours agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — as a state holiday, while legislative efforts to make it a permanent holiday ...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
Mississippi’s Jefferson Davis statue has new neighbor in U.S. Capitol: Arkansas civil rights leader
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 days agoA week ago, Arkansas officials unveiled a new statue at the National Statuary Hall to represent the state, civil rights leader Daisy Bates. “This is absolutely embarrassing to the Mississippi ...
Pregnant woman among multiple people killed due to severe weather in the South
ABC News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMultiple people are dead, including a woman who was nine months pregnant, after severe storms swept...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
CNN.com· 3 days agoA statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her...
T&D REGION SPORTS: JDA wins SCISA Class A softball championship
The Times and Democrat· 5 days agoSCISA BASEBALL
Under tornado watch, Acadiana braces for Thursday evening storms. Here's what you need to know.
The Advocate· 4 days agoA tornado watch has been issued for all of Acadiana until 10 p.m. It includes, Lafayette, St....
South is reckoning with past by renaming, removing shrines to the past. What is next?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDerrick Simmons of Greenville and John Horhn of Jackson initiated moves to remove the current...
Georgia ‘teach-in’ highlights effort to transform largest Confederate monument
Southern Poverty Law Center· 4 days agoThe monument’s carving of leading Confederate figures Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Thomas...
Entergy, Cleco provide updates on power outages after hurricane-force winds
WDSU New Orleans· 4 days agoEntergy Louisiana is reporting more than 21,000 customers are without power as of 3:30 p.m. Friday....