2000 union troops to proclaim that more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were afraid. Some local slaveowners initially ignored the directive, but granger demanded they comply with the proclamation. Why is it called juneteenth . It derives its name from combining june and 19th. That day that he issued his proclamation. Juneteenth has we are leaving this for live conversation on ending hunger and part of the in the u. S. William barber is joining other activists and advocates for a threeday summit in washington, d. C. Could this monstrous act be a necessary link in the chain of events toward the downfall of the entire system of slavery . He said what i do know is that every attempt to stop us and allow our progress only serves to intensify and embolden our agitation. This is why we this morning will take a hard look at the ugly reality of poverty death by poverty. The fourth leading cause of death, ahead of homicide. Maybe the fact that we are having to face this is, in so
A little bit of background. For those of you dont know or have heard, who has ever heard of the ludlow massacre . Midto thousands mid 2000s archaeologists in the , university of denver did a survey and found a lot of people had not heard of the massacre. Out of those that had heard of the ludlow massacre, they thought it was about native americans killing white settlers. A bit of background. From my experience, i grew up in southern colorado. My family has lived here for 150 years. Ludlow was my first field trip in the third grade. I went to college and ended up studying with an individual who had done research on colorado and i had the opportunity to do research at the archives in our community. In the past couple of years, i was able to sit on the ludlow Centennial Commission, it had been 100 years since the massacre. It was a governor appointed commission. I ended up being the cochair of the commission. When i think about ludlow, i think of my personal connections in the history of
Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays breaking news. North korea says it conducted its fifth test of a Nuclear Warhead today. Several countries are now condemning the actions from pyongyang as tensions rise on the korean peninsula. Angelica joins us now with the latest. The white house says president obama has been briefed about the matter. And has consulted with the south korean president and japanese prime confirm if it was actually a nuclear bomb. They were able to detect a powerful explosion. The latest nuclear test caused a five pointthree magnitude earthquake. Which was detected by south korean and International Reporting agencies. North Korean State Television says the latest test is in retaliation to recent sanctions by western nations. State media also said the warhead could be mounted on ballistic rockets and would enable north korea to produce a variety of smaller, higher strike power. Some news from overnight here in milwa
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