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After the Slap, can Will Smith's 'Emancipation' get Oscar love?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Will Smith took the stage Wednesday night at Westwood's Village Theatre to introduce his new...
On New Year's Eve 1862, Black Americans awaited Emancipation. It began a new tradition
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Year’s Eve is Watch Night. It is Freedom’s Eve. For 160 years, the passage to each new year has...
The long emancipation
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is a day for all to celebrate freedom of a nation, but also to remember our history and recommit to our ideals of...
On This Day, Jan. 1: Colorado becomes 1st state to sell recreational pot
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIraq war veteran Sean Azzariti of Boston examines his marijuana selection as the first person to...
Will Smith knows people may skip 'Emancipation' after Oscars slap: 'I completely understand'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWill Smith presents us with the ultimate Hollywood paradox. He appears at once both at the height of...
Perspective: The meaning of Juneteenth
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEliza Anderson, Deseret News The history of slavery in America is ugly, painful, shameful, grievous and complex. It is no wonder that so many people no...
How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 months agoW. E. B. Du Bois with the Fisk University class of 1888.Digital Collections, The New York Public...
Food trucks, film and festival booths: Redding's Juneteenth jubilee opens Saturday
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Redding community group is hosting a Saturday night party for Juneteenth, the only U.S. holiday...
Spartanburg Juneteenth celebrations 2023: Here's what's happening
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMore than 150 years ago, a big celebration started with people filling the streets in the heart of...
What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second”...