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Reflecting on Juneteenth, ‘Independence Day’ for All African-American Texans

by James Wright Jr. June 23, 2021December 21, 2021

How I Found a Special Place in National and Family History

by Hamil R. Harris June 23, 2021December 21, 2021

Marian Wright Edelman

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Cries from the Other America

by WI Guest Author June 23, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience

Juneteenth Menu at Atlanta Ikea Sparks Outrage Among Black Employees

by WI Guest Author June 22, 2021December 21, 2021

Biden Signs Legislation Making Juneteenth a U.S. Holiday

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor June 18, 2021December 21, 2021

**FILE** In 2020, two blocks on 16th Street between K and H Streets in northwest D.C. was renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza.” People celebrated Juneteenth on the Plaza protesting the murder of George Floyd. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Senate Passes Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

by WI Guest Author June 16, 2021December 21, 2021

This drawing, "Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619," chronicles the first 20 African slaves arriving in Jameston, Virginia. (Library of Congress)

MORIAL: Juneteenth is Opportunity to Confront the Nation’s ‘Hard History’

by WI Guest Author June 16, 2021December 21, 2021

D.C. Set to Celebrate Juneteenth

by James Wright Jr. June 15, 2021December 21, 2021

A Juneteenth celebration in Virginia (Courtesy of virginia.org)

Financial Literacy

A Time to Commemorate the Past and Build the Future

by WI Guest Author June 1, 2021December 21, 2021

A Juneteenth celebration in Virginia (Courtesy of virginia.org)

MACK: The Misrepresentation of Juneteenth

by WI Guest Author February 24, 2021December 21, 2021