Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, introduced the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers ...

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The U.S. government is catching 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 signed a ...

A celebration borne out of the struggle Black people face. While most Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s freedom on July 4, many Black people in the United States recognize June 19 as their ...

Juneteenth celebrations are taking place nationwide Sunday. Opal Lee, 95, has spent much of her life advocating for civil rights. When she was just 12, her family home was vandalized and set ablaze by ...

Last year, 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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the ...

FACEBOOK PAGE. IT IS JUNETEENTH, A FEDERAL HOLIDAY RECOGNIZING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE U.S. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THAN WITH LOCAL FESTIVALS? BEFORE THE WEATHER GOT NASTY, WXII 12 SARAH ...

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, spoke at a Juneteenth celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, emphasizing the ongoing struggle for racial equality. Montgomery held multiple ...