Black History Month Turns 100
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Black History Month centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources
Despite proclaiming last February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by what critics say are attacks on Black history in the United States.
In 2021, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe Biden established Juneteenth National Independence Day as ...
As calls for racial justice and police reform continue, communities throughout the U.S. are gearing up to celebrate Juneteenth this Friday. With what's going on in America, the 155th anniversary of the holiday means even more. While Americans have ...
Dr. Molefi Asante, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University says June 19th, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, is a day that blacks in America should never forget. "It is relevant in 2020 and I am hoping that in 3020 it is ...
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after ...
We spoke to writer Angélique Roché about the origins behind her new graphic novel The First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth. The post THE FIRST FREEDOM: THE STORY OF OPAL LEE AND JUNETEENTH Author Angélique Roché on Her Impactful Graphic Novel appeared first on Nerdist.
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.Learn about the history of Juneteenth in the video aboveThe ...
Every year on June 19th, Louis Hicks and his family would gather together at the family farm in Maynard, Tex., for a daylong picnic and party. The kids would run wild as the adults barbecued and caught up with one another. Sometimes there would even be ...
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