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Juneteenth started in Texas. So did this Black town. Whites destroyed it.

Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, Betty Kimble, and Alma Clark - June 15, 2022

Part 1: How formerly enslaved people created a community of their own.

Would the Founding Fathers support critical race theory?

Alvin Tillery - June 29, 2021

Studying their writings — and other canonical documents in U.S. history — reveals how deeply racism is built into the nation’s structure

The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Here’s what did.

Clarence Lusane - June 24, 2021

Two states — Delaware and Kentucky — still allowed slavery until the 13th Amendment was ratified, six months after Juneteenth.

Juneteenth brings together many celebrations, and reminders of the work still ahead

Keneshia N. Grant and Sheena Harris - June 18, 2021

For Black Americans, freedom is tied to location — not a date in June

Trump’s proposed administration isn’t ideologically diverse. That can be dangerous.

Bilal Baloch - December 8, 2016

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