Good News About Racial Justice

For Minyon Moore, decades of work are culminating in a party gathering that had to be redone at the last minute, one that will highlight Kamala Harris as the first woman of color to be a major party’s presidential nominee.

Residents in low-income neighborhoods have been talking about what kinds of bike infrastructure they believe best meet their needs. Some of their preferences were notably different from those of cyclists in wealthier neighborhoods.

The new national park will confront a complicated and shameful period of history in the American Southwest.

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As we commemorate Juneteenth, journey with us through a series of inspiring quotes that bring to life the history and significance of this day.

Your guide on celebrating and honoring Juneteenth — on June 19th, and all year long.

Juneteenth commemorates the date in 1865 when Union troops notified the last remaining slaves in Texas that they were free.

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth — the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 — became a federal holiday in 2021.

On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and announced to the people of the state that “all slaves are free.”

Emancipation Days — like Juneteenth in Texas — are not what many people think, because emancipation did not do what most of us think it did.

Nervous. Concerned. Worried. Wary. Unprepared. This is how middle and high school teachers have told me they have felt over the past few years when it comes to teaching the troublesome topic of slavery.

The Asian American and Pacific Islander community is the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, growing over four times faster than the total population.