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Enslaved Black Children Were Educated Here. Now the Public Can Learn the History.
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on ...
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Rebuilding one of the nation's oldest Black churches to begin at Juneteenth ceremony
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black ...
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In Oklahoma, Juneteenth highlights tribal slavery descendants’ fight for recognition and citizenship
Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma ...
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African meeting house buried beneath parking lot rising again at Colonial Williamsburg
One of the oldest Black churches in America was demolished because it didn't fit the aesthetic of Colonial Williamsburg. It ...
100 years after 1st Black family in Piedmont, California was driven out, memorial moves forward
A memorial sculpture park honoring the first Black family to own a home in the city of Piedmont is once again gaining ...
Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ Sets Fall Release for Theaters and Netflix
The streaming service announced Wednesday that the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s forthcoming project is the political thriller A ...
Bailey House Honors Queer, Black Artist Derrick Adams; Benefit Raises Over $200,000 For New Yorkers Living With HIV/AIDS, Chronic Illnesses
AP5 (2023) fetched $8,000 during a live auction Monday evening at the Art House benefit at The Bowery Hotel in New York City, hosted by Bailey House, the leading provider of housing and supportive ...
Trump administration singles out 988 LGBTQ+ youth crisis hotline to be cut in a month
The move comes as youths, especially LGBTQ+, face rising mental health challenges. More than 55,000 people per month use the ...