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Everything You Want to Know About The History of Juneteenth
The Root explains how this Texan-based celebration came to be our 12th federal holiday.
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Cheat Sheet: 5 Things You Must Know About Juneteenth
June 19th is the day we honor the freedom of those who were enslaved in the Confederacy.
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Rebranding Army Bases Named After Confederate Soldiers Could Cost A Whopping $21 Million
The Naming Commission included Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Lee in Virginia as places under consideration.
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Mississippi Protesters Want to End Confederacy Holiday [Updated]
A Mississippi law allowed offices to be closed for Confederate Memorial Day.
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Black Former Receptionist at Confederate Museum Files Discrimination Complaint
The complaint centers on her treatment while serving there
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Statue Honoring Black Civil War Soldiers Erected Across From Confederate Monument in Tennessee
The statue is a part of an art initiative intended to tell the full story about slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow in Franklin, Tenn.
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Urine Trouble: The Great Confederate Doo-Doo Chair Caper Concludes With No Charges
Prosecutors dropped charges against a trio accused of a multi-state heist that involved a Confederate monument, feces and Assata Shakur.
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Lawsuit Over Confederate Monument in Tuskegee, Ala. Currently Stalled in Court
Attorneys have been unable to serve the lawsuit to members of the state and county-level chapters of United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Georgia Has More Schools Named After Confederate Leaders Than Any Other State In the U.S.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks says that many of the schools are in Black or non-white communities.
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Politicians, Lawyers and Military Officials Found to Be Members of Neo-Confederate Groups. In Other News, Water Is Still Wet
White nationalists hold positions of power? Wow, who could’ve seen that one coming.