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What is Juneteenth? The 156-year-old holiday, explained.

Juneteenth's 156th anniversary takes place on June 19, 2020. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas. Advocates want Juneteenth to be recognized as a federal holiday. ....

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Juneteenth, explained

The holiday’s 158-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today. ....

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David Wilkins on Reconstruction, Reparation and Black Excellence

“Some people don’t want that history to be taught. It challenges the myth they like to maintain." ....

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Tayhlor Coleman Didn't Know How Hard Texas Made It to Vote—Until She Started Living the #Vanlife – Texas Monthly

The seventh-generation Texan is roaming the state in her van, registering voters and digging into her family's history in the long struggle for voting rights. ....

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Robert Azzi: In America, white privilege reigns supreme

‘Lamentably,” Martin Luther King Jr. told us in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, “it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust. ....

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