Dec 29
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Today I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston…
Jun 17
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The Root Staff
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Forget the 4th of July! Juneteenth is the day that should be celebrated by all as a pivotal point in America’s…
Mar 2 2018
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
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A message board posting listing “freedmen” kin raises questions.
Feb 12 2018
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Monday is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Kentucky. He was the 16th president of the…
Nov 6 2016
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Hampton University leaders are concerned that their campus is being threatened by a Virginia Department of…
Jun 19 2016
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I wouldn’t know Juneteenth without my father.