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The bronze statue of the teenage civil rights heroine will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the state ...
The hard-won freedom of enslaved people and the enduring progress of the African American community will be celebrated across the nation on Juneteenth –  the oldest known celebration commemorating the ...
Fort Lee is now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee. The new namesake was a Buffalo Soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...
Hundreds gathered to kick off the Juneteenth block party and celebrations at the African American Museum in Philadelphia ...
NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — Ancestral Odyssey is a new immersive exhibition at the New Orleans African American Museum.
It is not a one-day museum. The works in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture climb on your back and compel you to wrestle with their realities. The story of the museum ...
Across the nation, some cities scaled back their Juneteenth celebrations this year. But in Philadelphia, the spirit remained ...
POWHATAN – Just over three years after the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament announced the order’s intention to sell the historic property known in Powhatan as Belmead on the James, ...
This weekend we’re celebrating Juneteenth and the first official weekend of summer. We hope you like it hot; plenty of pool ...
A few thousand guests came out to Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum over the weekend for a vibrant show of unity and ...
Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.