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White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed...
by Nicole Carr
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
Urban Media Today Celebrates Juneteenth 2022
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a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas,...
What is Juneteenth?
Acknowledged annually on June 19, the former regional holiday provokes celebration in Black communities nationwide. Juneteenth, a portmanteau of the calendar date, is rooted...
“Strong Black Art” & Remembering Samella Lewis
I love viewing Black art and consider it an extension of the black American familial/communal experience. No matter how avant-garde or futuristic, there is...
California panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in...
Canadian Black history illuminated in new four-part docuseries
A four-part docuseries from the History Channel and Hungry Eyes Media shatters Canada’s image as a safe harbor utopia for Black people and elucidates...
Black Civil War veterans honored with new Virginia memorial
Ahead of Veteran’s Day, Culpeper County, Virginia has unveiled a new memorial for Black Civil War veterans.
The memorial highlights stories of some of the...
Time to reexamine Frederick Douglass’ ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’
On this Fourth of July, a day of independence for some but not for Black people, there is no better time to reflect on...
Biden signs law making Juneteenth a federal holiday — but some remain unimpressed
President Joe Biden officially signed legislation on Thursday making Juneteenth a federal holiday in the White House East Room with America’s first Black Vice...
Oversimplifying Black history: What schools do wrong
With one week left in Black History Month, some scholars and activists say it’s time to change the way the subject is taught in...
