Alabama has officially designated Juneteenth as a state holiday, thanks to the efforts of Republican Rep. Rick Rehm and the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation of Alabama, despite previous attempts by Black Democrats to pass the bill.
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Posted inJuneteenth
Healing Through History: The Power of Juneteenth
Juneteenth offers a culturally sanctioned space for Black Americans to acknowledge generational trauma and celebrate survival and resilience, centering Black agency and self-determination and restoring dignity to ancestors who fought for freedom.
Posted inOpinion
Juneteenth: The Freedom We Knew, the Truth They Couldn’t Handle
Juneteenth is an act of resistance that reflects our progress and failures, and challenges us to choose whether we want to keep waiting for someone else to read our freedom out loud, or whether we speak it ourselves and enforce it, for real, this time.
Posted inElection 2024
The Party of Lincoln Is Dead
The Republican Party, once the party of Abraham Lincoln, has abandoned Black people and embraced the legacy of the Confederacy, while the Democratic Party has made significant strides in advancing civil rights for Black Americans.