4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (179+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) " People gathered in West Baton Rouge Parish on Juneteenth for a lecture event recognizing the legacy of a late local civil rights leader, A. Ralph Slaughter. Slaughter, who died at the age of 71 in 1984, had a…...

2+ hour ago  (239+ words) Eagle News Online The Civil War battle flag handed to a local regiment by suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage and other women of Fayetteville was unveiled to the public at the Onondaga County Courthouse. A Civil War battle flag sewn in…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (572+ words) An elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, sits on land that was once the Farmington hemp plantation. That fact gutted me as I stood before "Childhood Interrupted," an art installation depicting enslaved children on the lawn of the historic home. My…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1377+ words) ALLENTOWN " For many, Black history is the stories that their grandparents, parents, uncles, aunties and church communities tell. It's stories of war, families and overcoming hardship. But with each generation, memories fade. The names of those who had lived generations…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (304+ words) TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. " The story of a group of horse riders who came to the aid of kidnapped former slaves was the focus of Tazewell County's 2026 Juneteenth ceremony. Friday's ceremony took place at Woodrow Cemetery on Coers Lane in Cincinnati Township…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago  (245+ words) MACHIAS --When you think of the early days of the Revolutionary War, the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill, are typically top of mind. But in between those two monumental moments, is the town of Machias and the…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (198+ words) By Tabitha Evans Moore Editor & Publisher The almanac also flags potential tropical activity during the 2026 season " a reminder that Middle Tennessee is not as insulated from Gulf storm remnants as people sometimes assume. August and early September have historically brought…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (593+ words) Emily Rodin is an intern for the University of Vermont's Community News Service through Report for America's Local News Internship Program. SOUTH BURLINGTON " When Rajnii Eddins and Ren" Renter'a met at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library in 2024, neither knew the encounter…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1117+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (RNS) " From 1830 to 1860, tens of thousands of enslaved people disembarked ships at Richmond's Manchester Docks, an entry point into a bondage system that built Virginia's wealth and shaped the city's history. Shackled together, the enslaved people trudged along…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (132+ words) Winston-Salem Journal Javascript is required to use this website. A Historical Marker for Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital at the northwest corner of North Cleveland Avenue and East 7th Street on Friday, June 19, 2026, in Winston-Salem, N. C. A look inside Winston-Salem's proposed youth…...