10 Powerful Speeches on Juneteenth and the Fight for Racial Justice
From Frederick Douglass to Beyoncé, these iconic speeches capture the spirit and struggle of Juneteenth—watch, reflect, and remember.
From Frederick Douglass to Beyoncé, these iconic speeches capture the spirit and struggle of Juneteenth—watch, reflect, and remember.
The unidentified man was found hanging from his neck in Albany. While the police are calling it suicide, local residents are skeptical.
As we’ve come to understand year after year, day after day even, death is unfortunately an inevitable part of life. Still, as much of a fact as that may be, the blow of experiencing loss never gets any easier, nor does reporting on the subject in Black culture.
In this op-ed, Dominique Morgan draws the connections between Juneteenth, Pride, freedom, liberation, and Black and queer survival.
Source: David Espejo / Getty If you spend enough time around me, you’ll hear me proudly say I was born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska. To be Black in a place like Omaha is to wrestle for your identity. To craft your Blackness with care. You build it from scratch, from what’s handed down and what’s taken back. For me, that journey wasn’t limited to my Blackness. It was […]
Source: MARK FELIX / Getty Juneteenth offers a time of celebration and reflection as we consider what it means to be free amid resurgent fascism in America. While the current political moment may feel unprecedented to some people, 160 years after the Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned of emancipation, Black Americans are still fighting for freedom, liberation, and self-determination. This year’s Juneteenth celebrations take place against the backdrop of […]
Source: WISH-TV / WISH-TV On June 11, a Black man was found hanging dead from a tree in Albany, New York. While police have labeled it a suicide, locals and people identifying themselves as family members of the man are skeptical. According to the Times Union, a call was made at around 8 a.m. last Wednesday, and officers found a body hanging from a tree on Westerlo Street. Videos circulated […]
From Frederick Douglass to Beyoncé, these iconic speeches capture the spirit and struggle of Juneteenth—watch, reflect, and remember.
Savage’s family wants the disgraced singer to serve every day of his 31-year sentence.