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When Juneteenth was just ours: Reflecting on the national ...

It was a celebration in the streets of my neighborhood, surrounded by my community, and I didn't have to think about how non-Black people might ...

Why Black joy on Juneteenth is an act of resistance against racism

“Black freedom and Black emancipation in America is definitely something that Black communities are excited about and have been, but we also ...

White People Should Have to Work on Juneteenth - LEVEL - Medium

It's the latest moral victory in a long history of symbolic but ultimately empty measures that do nothing to counter systemic racism. The first ...

Slavery Didn't End On Juneteenth. What You Should Know ... - NPR

People have celebrated Juneteenth any way they can ... After they were freed, some former slaves and their descendants would travel to Galveston ...

The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth - NBC4 Washington

Does how you celebrate Juneteenth matter if you aren't Black? ... Dr. Karida Brown, a sociology professor at Emory University whose research ...

The History of Juneteenth - The New York Times

How is it celebrated? Early celebrations involved prayer and family gatherings, and later included annual pilgrimages to Galveston by former enslaved people and ...

3 years after becoming federal holiday, 90% of Americans now ...

Black Americans (32%) were more likely to say they knew a lot about the Juneteenth holiday versus Hispanics (22%) and whites (13%). "Juneteenth ...

A beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth | PBS News

Does how you celebrate Juneteenth matter if you aren't Black? ... Dr. Karida Brown, a sociology professor at Emory University whose research ...

White People Should Have to Work on Juneteenth - LEVEL Man

It's the latest moral victory in a long history of symbolic but ultimately empty measures that do nothing to counter systemic racism. The first ...

An Open Letter to White People Who Have Recently “Discovered ...

We might not even be invited: There are a lot of Juneteenth celebrations out there. Some are literally not for white people. If you think that ...

Is Juneteenth for Everybody? - Ms. Magazine

Juneteenth, aka “Nigger Day,” was about our willingness to fashion a freedom that refused white time. It was not a concession to white ...

Temple experts remain committed to anti-racism work ahead of ...

Juneteenth often serves as a time for discussions about racism and the ways it continues to affect American society. ... 'Don't bring it to our ...

From Juneteenth to reparations: The ongoing journey for racial justice

By extension, racism and injustice have persisted in insidious ways. When it comes to honoring the intentions of enslavers, however, courts were ...

100 questions for White people on Juneteenth | Madison365

As a White person, I will not celebrate Juneteenth without also committing to action. ... How do you plan to navigate shame when it comes up again ...

Juneteenth - Youth in Progress

How will you use your privilege to advocate for change? Don't use the excuse of “I'm uncomfortable,” when it comes to having conversations surrounding racism ...

Why Juneteenth matters everywhere in the world

The day marks an opportunity to reflect on ways to combat racism in every country. To some, it might seem like a relatively obscure Americanism.

Celebrate Juneteenth? I don't get it - The Martha's Vineyard Times

So why am I (a predominantly Black person) not jumping up and down for joy? ... you don't want what the white people won't give you. General ...

Just because Juneteenth now a federal holiday doesn't mean we ...

... race theory, which, in a nutshell, is a way to examine systemic racism and the ways it shows up in our society today. Since then, while ...

Conversation: Juneteenth and Racism | FC Cincinnati

I want to especially thank Saad Abdul-Salaam, Fatai Alashe, Zico Bailey, Joseph-Claude Gyau, Kekuta Manneh and Kendall Waston for taking the ...

Juneteenth: A perspective on anti-racism in medicine with Lash Nolen

So that's my journey, and how I ended up here at Harvard Medical School. ... You can sometimes feel like “I don't even know which way to go to start to ...