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Black History7 months ago

COMMENTARY: Juneteenth Holiday Touches Collective Memory of African American: It Deserves Honor

Dec. 31, 1862, then, would become the Watch Night of all Watch Nights. Ninety-nine days earlier, Pres. Abraham Lincoln had announced his intention to free people...
Bay Area2 years ago

Vallejo Juneteenth Committee Awards Scholarships to Solano County Students

For the second year in a row, the organization could not hold Vallejo’s Annual Juneteenth Celebration due to COVID-19. AAFRC President Gwendolyn White says launching the...
Black History2 years ago

First Enslaved African Arrives in U.S Well Before 1619

Esteban was born in West Africa and sold into slavery in a Portuguese town on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.
African American News & Issues2 years ago

Marin City Celebrates Juneteenth in this Historic Year

Many people and performers came out to make this celebration possible. Oshalla Diana Marcus hosted and organized the celebration. The Marin City Community Services District (MCCDC),...
Black History2 years ago

Juneteenth: Our Independence Day

Also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, it commemorates the end of slavery, the seminal event in Black history.

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