June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in …
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Juneteenth: Stories on freedom, reparations and remembering
Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of enslaved people at the end of the Civil War. But for hundreds of thousands of Blacks stuck in pretrial detention, unable to make bail but not convicted of a crime, the promise of freedom is unfulfilled. Also, with the holiday landing on Father’s Day weekend, it's a reminder of the loss associated with the forced separation of families. Insights from experts on the legacy of slavery, and how we should recall and repair history:
Underlying the recent unrest sweeping U.S. cities over police brutality is a fundamental inequity in wealth, land and power that has circumscribed …
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published a story about a Black cemetery in Buckhead, a prosperous Atlanta community. The cemetery broke …
After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of …
The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had …
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