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The Deeper Meaning Behind the Juneteenth Flag
Good Housekeeping via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoFirst celebrated in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Juneteenth (also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day) celebrates the freedom of...
Will Smith makes screen return in trailer for slavery drama Emancipation
PA Media: Movies via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe trailer has been released for Apple TV+ slavery drama Emancipation, Will Smith’s first big...
Emancipation producer apologises after backlash to showing slavery artefact at red carpet
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoJoey McFarland, a producer of the film Emancipation, has apologised after showing a real photo of an...
Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoMany students say they aren’t learning much about slavery beyond its harsh conditions. A historian...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency...
How Wall Street Funded Slavery
Time via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoA Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Feb. 1, 2024. Credit - Michael Nagle—Bloomberg via Getty Images In 1855, when...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
CNN Anchor: ‘Overwhelming’ Family Bombshell Gave New Meaning to Juneteenth
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoCNN anchor Victor Blackwell has opened up about his own personal connection to Juneteenth after he...
What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe image of a kneeling person in chains was first used in a seal commissioned by the Committee for...
Music of ‘Emancipation’: Marcelo Zarvos Evokes African, Haitian Sounds for Will Smith Slavery Escape...
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 2 years ago“Emancipation” director Antoine Fuqua wanted music that was spiritual but yet untraditional: a tall...
