Skip to main content
Georgia Public Broadcasting Logo
  • TV
  • Radio
  • News

    Featured Programs & Series

    • Political Rewind
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • 1A
    • Lawmakers
    • What You Need to Know: Coronavirus
    • Southern Reading List
    • Powering Georgia
    • Food Access

    More GPB News

    • Politics
    • Georgia News
    • Justice
    • Arts & Life
    • Coronavirus
    All GPB News
    • Radio Schedule
    • Radio Stations
    • GPB Apps
    • Contact GPB News
    • Follow Us on Apple News
  • Education

    Browse by Subject

    • CTAE
    • English Language Arts
    • Mathematics
    • Physical Health and Wellness
    • Professional Learning
    • STEAM
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • The Arts
    • World Languages

    Browse by Grade

    • Preschool-PreK
    • K-2
    • 3-5
    • 6-8
    • 9-12

    Featured

    • Classroom Conversations Podcast
    • Georgia Studies Collection
    • Make That Paper!
    • VR in the Classroom
    • Lights, Camera, Budget!
    • Georgia Home Classroom
    • Chemistry Matters
    • Physics in Motion
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • Writers Contest
    • PBS LearningMedia
    • PBS KIDS
  • Sports
  • Events

    Browse by Type

    • Community
    • Donor
    • Kids & Family
    • Screenings
    All Events

    Browse by Category

    • Education
    • News
    • Sports
    • Television

    Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email.

    Sign up

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Instagram
  • Kids & Family

    For Kids

    • Video
    • Games

    For Parents & Caregivers

    • Kids & Family Blog
    • Kids & Family Events
  • Support Us

    Support GPB

    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Sustainers
    • GPB Passport
    • Leadership Giving
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donations
    • GPB Next
    • Matching Gifts
  • Search
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate
Listen Live Listen Live Watch Live Watch Live
GPB News

GPB Newsletter CTA

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

News Topics

  • Georgia
  • National
  • Election
  • Lawmakers
  • Battleground: Ballot Box

Don't Miss

Don't Miss:

  • Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade
  • Election Updates and Results
  • TV Highlights This Week

News Articles: Race

In 1993, the Lesbian Avengers organized the first Dyke March. Within a few years, its membership grew to more than 50 chapters nationwide.

Tagged as: 

  • Arts & Life

Frustrated by society's erasure, the Lesbian Avengers fought back

They were secretaries, cab drivers, teachers and artists — brought together on a mission for lesbian visibility and political change.

June 24, 2022
|
By:
  • Allyson McCabe
Residents in Millinocket, Maine, say they are outraged after an insurance agency displayed a racist sign remarking on the new Juneteenth federal holiday.

Tagged as: 

  • National

2 insurance companies end relationship with Maine agency after racist Juneteenth sign

An image of the racist sign was shared online Monday, gaining the attention of thousands across social media.

June 23, 2022
|
By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Getting a bachelor's degree in prison is rare. That's about to change

Kenny Butler and Daniel Duron worked toward their degrees while in prison. Their journey could become more common with Pell grants becoming available to incarcerated people.

June 23, 2022
|
By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Lauren Migaki
Confederate monument in Macon being removed

Tagged as: 

  • History

Crews begin moving two Confederate monuments in Macon after years of legal battles

Their removal is the culmination of years of efforts by Bibb County residents that were renewed during the summer of 2020. The Macon-Bibb County Commission approved moving the monuments in July of 2020, but a lawsuit stalled the efforts.

June 22, 2022
|
By:
  • Micah Johnston and
  • Caleb Slinkard
Onlookers react to a performance during a Juneteenth celebration in Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York, on Sunday.

Tagged as: 

  • Race

How to properly celebrate Juneteenth in the age of commercialization

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, editor of the Black Agenda, about celebrating Juneteenth without misappropriating the holiday.

June 20, 2022
|
By:
  • Destinee Adams
People take pictures next to a mural during a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. Last year, the U.S. designated Juneteenth a federal holiday with President Joe Biden urging Americans "to learn from our history."

Tagged as: 

  • Race

Four enduring myths about Juneteenth are not based on facts

As the U.S. celebrates the second federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, several myths persist about the origins and history about what happened when enslaved people were emancipated in Texas.

June 20, 2022
|
By:
  • John Burnett
Sam Collins poses for a portrait at Reedy Chapel-AME Church.

Tagged as: 

  • Race

The new Juneteenth federal holiday traces its roots to Galveston, Texas

Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.

June 20, 2022
|
By:
  • John Burnett
Sam Collins poses for a portrait at Reedy Chapel-AME Church.

Tagged as: 

  • Race

The new Juneteenth federal holiday traces its roots to Galveston, Texas

Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.

June 20, 2022
|
By:
  • John Burnett
Prescylia Mae raises her fist in the air during a Juneteenth re-enactment celebration in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021.

Tagged as: 

  • Race

In states where Juneteenth is still not a day off, activists see a missed opportunity

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

June 19, 2022
|
By:
  • Juliana Kim
Prescylia Mae raises her fist in the air during a Juneteenth re-enactment celebration in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021.

Tagged as: 

  • Race

In states where Juneteenth is still not a day off, activists see a missed opportunity

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

June 19, 2022
|
By:
  • Juliana Kim
Activist and author Helen Zia stands next to a painting of Vincent Chin in Detroit. The city is partnering with The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication Coalition to honor civil rights efforts that began with Chin's killing in 1982.

Tagged as: 

  • National

Vincent Chin was killed 40 years ago. Here's why his case continues to resonate

Forty years have passed since Vincent Chin was killed. But today's wave of hate incidents against Asian Americans make what happened in 1982 even more relevant in the fight for civil rights.

June 19, 2022
|
By:
  • Wynne Davis
Abortion rights supporters march to the Supreme Court as part of a rally pegged to the Juneteenth holiday weekend.

Tagged as: 

  • Race

On Juneteenth weekend, Black activists march for abortion rights

Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.

June 19, 2022
|
By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Chef Nicole A. Taylor pictured next to her new cookbook, <em>Watermelon and Red Birds.</em>

Tagged as: 

  • Race

Chef Nicole A. Taylor talks red birds, red drink, and Juneteenth

Here on Code Switch, we love food just as much as we love history. So we couldn't let the Juneteenth pass by without getting into the culinary traditions that have been passed down for generations.

June 18, 2022
|
By:
  • Karen Grigsby Bates
Amanda Gorman says the title of her 2021 poetry collection "Call Us What We Carry" came from her understanding that "we all can be vessels of both hurt and hope at the same time."

Tagged as: 

  • Race

Poet Amanda Gorman celebrates the gift of Blackness for Juneteenth

To mark the holiday, Gorman reads "Fury and Faith," a poem from Call Us What We Carry. She says her collection's title reflects how "we all can be vessels of both hurt and hope at the same time."

June 17, 2022
|
By:
  • Olivia Hampton
Composer Carlos Simon's <em>Requiem for the Enslaved</em>, commissioned by Georgetown University, is a reckoning with the school's troubled history.

Tagged as: 

  • Music Reviews

'Requiem for the Enslaved' holds a major university's truths up to the light

Georgetown University owes its survival to slavery. A new album by Carlos Simon, an assistant professor at the school, unflinchingly confronts that legacy.

June 17, 2022
|
By:
  • Tom Huizenga
  • Load More

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News

Footer

Footer First Nav (Main Menu)

  • TV
  • Radio
  • News
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Events
  • Kids & Family
  • Support Us
  • Search

Footer Second Nav Menu

  • Help Center
  • About GPB
  • Contact Us
  • Closed Captioning
  • Directions
  • Studio Production
  • Program Submissions

Footer Third Nav Menu

  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Accessibility
  • FCC Public Files
  • Drawing Rules
  • News Media Request

Georgia Public Broadcasting

260 14th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States

(404) 685-2400 In Atlanta
(800) 222-4788 Outside Atlanta
ask@gpb.org

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News
© Copyright 2022, Georgia Public Broadcasting. All Rights Reserved. Georgia Public Radio® GPTV®