Dec 29SaveSocial Justice12/29/20Social Justice12/29/20Boston Removes a Statue Depicting a Free Black Man Kneeling Before Abraham Lincoln, and It Only Took Them 150 Years!Joe Jurado28SaveToday I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston…
Jun 17SaveVideoOriginals6/17/20 VideoOriginals6/17/20Juneteenth Is Finally Entering the Mainstream American Consciousness. Now Make It An Official Federal HolidayThe Root Staff107SaveForget the 4th of July! Juneteenth is the day that should be celebrated by all as a pivotal point in America’s…
Mar 2 2018Save3/2/18Tracing Your Roots: When Was My ‘Freedman’ Ancestor Freed?Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman1SaveA message board posting listing “freedmen” kin raises questions.
Feb 12 2018Save2/12/18Today Is Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday—and a Good Time to Remind You He Did Not Free the SlavesMonique Judge109SaveMonday is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Kentucky. He was the 16th president of the…
Nov 6 2016Save11/6/16Hampton University’s Emancipation Oak Threatened by Highway ExpansionThe Root StaffSaveHampton University leaders are concerned that their campus is being threatened by a Virginia Department of…
Jun 19 2016Save6/19/16What My Father and Juneteenth Taught Me About Having ‘Expectations’Danielle C. BeltonSaveI wouldn’t know Juneteenth without my father.