There is a growing discontent in the African American community with symbolic gestures that are presented as progress without any accompanying economic or structural change.
Chef Chris Williams from the Houston restaurant Lucille's talks about how he started the restaurant, the nonprofit that grew from it, and his mixed feelings about Juneteenth.
To mark Juneteenth, NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States — is now a federal holiday.
Thursday on Political Rewind: The bill to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature. After Biden's signature, June 19th will officially become a federally recognized holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
Companies are responding to a social movement fueled by the killing of George Floyd, a 47-year-old Black man who died on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis while in police custody.
President Trump unveiled some campaign pledges in Atlanta for more loans to Black-owned businesses — but he spent most of his time telling the crowd why they shouldn't vote for Joe Biden.
The summer of 2020 looks like it will be a season of protest, as many across Georgia and the country call for an end to police brutality and structural...
Today, in celebration of Juneteenth, Power Haus Creative has organized what they’re calling the “ Juneteenth Takeover ” – in which 19 Atlanta artists...
As June closes out and we enter into the second half of the year, Savannah offers plenty of events to engage with from panels on mental health to final...
She took her columns for Teen Vogue seriously, and now she’s taking her skills to NPR. On Second Though t met Isabella Sarmiento Gomez, a new NPR Kroc...
It's Juneteenth, also known as "Freedom Day" — commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865, when union soldiers...
