Juneteenth is the Newest Federal Holiday. Here’s What it Celebrates.
Boston MA USA – June 19 2021: Juneteenth Celebration at Copley Square. African American Freedom Day, commemorating the ending of slavery in the United …
John Lewis: Who was the Civil Rights Activist?
Congressman John Lewis from Georgia speaks at a Moms Demand Action anti-gun, anti-NRA rally in Woodruff Park, on April 29, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. …
John Lewis: Civil Rights Icon and Congressman Dies Aged 80
John Lewis Memorial on Digital Screen in New York’s Times Square – New York, NY / USA – July 17, 2020 (Shutterstock)
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“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
By PBS.org
Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were …
Civil Rights Leaders Urge African Americans To Remain At Home
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor, The Baltimore Times
With the coronavirus death toll passing 50,000 during the last week in April, black …
Stacey Abrams: “Voting is not a right for some — it is a right for all, and it is not a privilege”
...African-Americans fought only decades ago for the right to vote — which was especially suppressed in places in the Deep South, and in Georgia. - NPR
By Jessica Taylor, NPR
Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia, with Democrat Stacey Abrams admitting Friday afternoon that there was …