When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

Thursday’s meeting saw dozens of parents, students and concerned community members speak out against Heffernan’s appointment ...

The county adopted Juneteenth as its own holiday in 2021, the same year as its designation as a national holiday.

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they ...

As Senate Republicans turn the One Big Beautiful Bill, passed by one vote in the House, into a major taffy pull, two questions hover in the background. Where is our country headed? Will Republicans ...

Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in 1865, when Galveston, Texas, received news that the Civil War ...

Local educators, students, parents and community members will join the fifth annual Teach Truth Day of Action at 11 a.m.

It’s the commemoration of the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom — which was nearly three ...

Maine educators and entrepreneurs work to create opportunities for Black students to find community and belonging.

Salem’s Teach Truth Walk concluded at the town center’s Abraham Lincoln statue, where local pop shop Kast ... “I just think it is important for all Americans, no matter what your background is, what ...

Richmond Heights announced it will be hosting its Juneteenth celebration at Greenwood Farm park, 264 Richmond Road, on June 14. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, which was the date enslaved ...