united states
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Case Files for 1964 Lynchings of Civil Rights Activists Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Made Public for the First Time
These are the kinds of American stories a certain political party would rather history just forget. This one isn’t even 60 years old.
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An Iowa County Once Named for a Slave-Owning Vice President is Now Named After a Trailblazing Black Woman
Lulu Merle Johnson was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Iowa.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Mandate to Survey College Students' Views…Because He's Worried About 'Indoctrination'
If conservatives like DeSantis have nothing else, they have the nerve. Florida’s new ‘viewpoint diversity’ mandate is pure hypocrisy.
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Sons of Confederate Veterans File Lawsuit to Have Monument Restored in Predominantly Black Decatur, Ga.
The 30-foot-high Confederate monument was removed from Decatur Square in 2020. Now, a bunch of salty white people are trying to have it restored.
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Whitehouse, Indeed: Rhode Island Senator Can’t Explain Why He Still Belongs to an All-White Private Beach Club
Sheldon Whitehouse couldn’t explain why he’s still a member of the Newport-based Bailey’s Beach Club, part of the Spouting Rock Beach Association.
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South Dakota Is the Last State That Doesn't Have a Law Officially Recognizing Juneteenth as a Holiday
Lawmakers are confident that this will soon change now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday.
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'Juneteenth is Soooo Lame': Candace Owens Continues to be the Candace Owensiest of All the Candace Owenses in the Sunken Place
I’m bored, so let’s talk about Candace Owens’ pandering-ass Juneteenth tweet.
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Juneteenth Is More Than a Federal Holiday. We Need Reparations Now
The speedy passage to make June 19 a holiday shows that government can act quickly. They should keep that same energy for the House reparations bill.
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Things to Read and Watch to Celebrate and Honor Juneteenth
A collection of books and media giving us intersectional insight into the experiences of those once enslaved.
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President Joe Biden Signs Bill Officially Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
This is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day.