Lela Johnson, 97, was a member of one of the oldest Black churches in North Carolina. She recalls lugging water from the ...

President Trump’s executive orders have sought to reframe the history of race and culture in America. Erica L. Green, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, describes how the orders have ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination ...

Braiding traditions across the African diaspora both predate and defy the colonial confines set forth to erase and subjugate ...

By LaKeshia N. Myers When I heard that the Trump administration was considering stripping Medgar Evers’ name from a U.S. Navy ...

Former president claims critics 'don't want to remember' America's past while Trump warns holiday costs billions ...

President Donald Trump, who campaigned in 2020 on making Juneteenth a federal holiday, used the occasion this year to ...

Juneteenth, which Biden designated as a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday is ...

This story was originally reported by Errin Haines of The 19th. Meet Errin and read more of her reporting on gender, politics ...

Juneteenth reminds us that remembrance and public truth-telling are essential to Black liberation. Oral tradition keeps our stories alive.

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A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose ...