CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced he will not recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday, causing some confusion for state employees. “State...
San Francisco church leader talks about importance of Juneteenth, upcoming celebration – CBS San Francisco Watch CBS News Bishop Ishmael Burch Jr. of St. Andrew Baptist...
June 19th marks Juneteenth. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed it into law. It commemorates the day June 19,1865, when...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Georgia Tech students have helped a Savannah woman trace her lineage back six generations, despite the overwhelming impacts of slavery....
It’s an ambitious legacy for a community of fewer than 600 citizens. But Lecompton, 13 miles northwest of Lawrence, has leaned into the challenge. After all,...
On November 5, Californians rejected a ballot measure banning forced prison labor, voting instead to keep the practice legal in state prisons. Proposition 6, which moved...
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam KFF Health News KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with...
South Carolina is preparing to honor Robert Smalls, a former slave who became a prominent political leader, by erecting the first statue of an individual African...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted...
Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic...
