Afro-Indigenous poet and educator Marique Moss will release her debut poetry collection, “Sweetgrass and Soul Food: A Memoir in Poems,” on Juneteenth, followed by print and hardcover editions on the Summer Solstice, and a companion journal on the same dates.
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2024 Juneteenth events in the Twin Cities and beyond
Celebrate Juneteenth with music, arts, wellness activities, family activities, a Black-owned vending market and more.
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Celebrating Juneteenth, the enduring spirit of Black independence
Juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, is a time for reflection on a pivotal moment in American history and a celebration of Black people’s resilience and enduring spirit.
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On Juneteenth let us remember, racial terror did not end with slavery
Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, a descendant of a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is leading the movement for a national monument to recognize and restitution for the destruction of Greenwood District.
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Alabama legislature wants state workers to choose Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis’ birthday
Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill to add Juneteenth as a recognized state holiday, while also removing state offices from closing on Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s birthday.
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Nobody’s free until everybody’s free
‘We don’t want people to think that Juneteenth is a stopping point, because it isn’t. It’s a beginning.’
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Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black family offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to erase history
The radical promise of Juneteenth is embodied in the community activism of Joshua Houston and the educational career of his son Samuel Walker Houston.
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This Juneteenth, honor your ancestors by celebrating health freedom
This year as you celebrate Juneteenth, focus on the health impacts of ongoing structural racism and embrace ways to minimize your risk.
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Juneteenth’s divisive history
‘Without confronting the horrors of the country’s bloody history through education, we run the risk of losing the willingness to go deep to do the work necessary to dismantle systems of inequality.’
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Celebrate Juneteenth 2023: event highlights in the Twin Cities and beyond
From music to parades, festivals, block parties and cookouts, here are Juneteenth event highlights.
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New state laws establish Juneteenth holiday, ban hair discrimination
‘It is always exciting to have the most diverse legislature in history because it also enlarges the conversation and brings various perspectives around issues.’
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Why Juneteenth & Father’s Day are special for Black dads during COVID
This year, Juneteenth and Father’s Day fall on June 19. Of course, being a Black father in 2022differs from the experiences of Black dads in 1865. So, let’s take a closer look. During slavery, Black men were viewed as breeders and were prohibited from participating inthe traditional family structure, as marriage was illegal. Members of […]
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Juneteenth imagines a better tomorrow—for everyone
Minnesota became just the fourth state to recognize Juneteenth.
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Juneteenth gets commodified—like everything else in the U.S.
To many observers, the exploitation of the Juneteenth holiday for marketing purposes mirrors the exploitation of the Black body in American life.
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Tone-deaf corporate America blasted for trying to ‘own Juneteenth’
As racism continues to permeate the nation and many African Americans prepare to observe the country’s 12th federal holiday, corporate America remains tone-deaf at best.
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WORD ON THE STREET: What does Juneteenth mean to you?
The MSR was out and about on Juneteenth and stopped by various gatherings to ask community members: What does Juneteenth mean to you?
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Safeguarding Black history
Prior to emancipation, the accomplishments of Black folk were denied in order to uphold the myth of White supremacy as a justification for chattel slavery.
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President Biden signs Juneteenth holiday into law
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a signing ceremony, officially marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday—the first since MLK Day in 1983.
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Juneteenth: a tribute to Blacks’ unflinching will to be free
As the story is usually told, the secular holiday known as Juneteenth began two months after the end of a bloody, four-year Civil War, when General Gordon Granger and 2,000 Union soldiers disembarked at Galveston Island, Texas in mid-June of 1865 and made a horrific discovery: Chattel slavery was still very much alive in Galveston. […]
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Sen. Tina Smith leads charge for national Juneteenth holiday
On Tuesday, Sen. Tina Smith and her colleagues passed the Senate bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. It passed in the House Wednesday. Here is Sen. Smith’s speech from the Senate floor.