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Illustration by Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer

Black Experience

Juneteenth Celebrations Strengthen Racial Pride

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 17, 2020December 21, 2021

President Trump (Courtesy of the White House)

MALVEAUX: A Silver Lining to a Slap in the Face

by WI Guest Author June 17, 2020December 21, 2021

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

Black Experience, Community

Virginia Governor Declares Juneteenth an Official State Holiday

by WI Guest Author June 17, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of National Park Foundation

Black Experience

Locals, Influencers Among Guests at Juneteenth ‘Meet Up/Teach Up’

by WI Guest Author July 10, 2019December 21, 2021

Grace Murray Stephenson and family at an Emancipation Day Celebration in 1900 (Austin History Center, Austin Public Library via Smithsonian Magazine)

JOHNSON: Juneteenth Marks Continuing Fight for Freedom

by WI Web Editor June 26, 2019December 21, 2021

Julianne Malveaux, former president of Bennett College, testifies June 19 at a Capitol Hill hearing on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the ancestors of enslaved Africans kidnapped and brought to America. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Lauren Victoria Burke, National

Juneteenth Hearing on the Hill Puts Reparations Debate in National Spotlight

by WI Guest Author June 20, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Pepco Holdings

Pepco, Living Classrooms Celebrate Juneteenth at Ward 6 Community Center Opening

by WI Guest Author June 20, 2019December 21, 2021

John Conyers

Black Experience

Congress Mulls Issue of Reparations on Juneteenth

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of D.C. Ward 8 Commissioner Salim Adofo

Black Experience, Black History

Juneteenth Celebrations to Focus on Black Liberation, Justice, Voter Registration

by WI Guest Author June 18, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of iStockphoto via NNPA Newswire

Black Experience, National, NNPA Events, Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Observes Black Music Month, National Homeownership and Juneteenth

by WI Guest Author June 6, 2019December 21, 2021