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Andrews, who studies African American and African diasporic music, was one of a dozen speakers at a daylong symposium on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” on Thursday (June 12) at the museum.
On June 20, 24 students and their loved ones buzzed with excitement on the lawn of Queen City Academy Charter School before ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn many African Americans of older generations just know. They’d sung it in church, learned it in school and stood for what is dubbed ...
Wallen, the biggest name in country music today, headlined the first concert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison football ...
I stood there frozen, both boots in the dirt, when I saw Kourtnee Solomon, a Black woman, riding her shiny Black horse inside ...
The county adopted Juneteenth as its own holiday in 2021, the same year as its designation as a national holiday.
Harriet and Lewis Hayden left in 1844 with the help of the Underground Railroad and became prominent abolitionists in Boston, Mass., helping hundreds of other enslaved people.
Hawthorne, CA hosted a vibrant Juneteenth celebration June 14 with music, food, art, and more—drawing a joyful, multicultural ...
Legendary L.A. Dodgers announcer Jaime Jarrín has expressed support for immigrants, saying he too fears being targeted by ...