I’m a professor at the University of Michigan, and while psychology is my discipline, I’ve had a longtime affiliation with Black Studies. I talk to – and teach – my children about Black history. Both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it will be celebrated today throughout California and the rest of the U.S.

Dr. Molefi Asante, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University says June 19th, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, is a day that blacks in America should never forget. "It is ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Though tied to one historic date, the meaning of Juneteenth stretches far beyond June 19, 1865. On that day, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that all ...

As calls for racial justice and police reform continue, communities throughout the U.S. are gearing up to celebrate Juneteenth this Friday. With what's going on in America, the 155th anniversary of ...

Barbie is honoring a living legend. The iconic doll brand announced that Dr. Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is receiving her own doll as part of the Barbie Inspiring Women ...

WEST CHESTER—The history of Juneteenth came alive during a theatrical reenactment of “From Appomattox to Galveston,” on Juneteenth, at the Chester County History Center. About three dozen actors and ...

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Mattel has unveiled a Dr. Opal Lee Barbie, recognizing the Texas-born activist whose walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C.