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The specter of legalized slavery still lingers in too many state constitutions. Demand lawmakers remove loopholes that leave the door open for forced servitude and bondage in the Land of the Free.

Conservative populists, largely rural, defending slavery is an issue of constitution. the influence of these ideas extended beyond the deep south. even president andrew johnson, a southern war democrat who succeeded abraham lincoln, reflected many of these positions. he gave amnesty to confederate leaders, so-called black codes that amounted so slavery without chinz and vetoed bills aimed towards moving to equal rights. johnson vetoed the act. arguing the distinction of race and color is by this...

These three letters were submitted ahead of Tuesdays Leon County workshop, where commissioners take up the future of a historic one-room African American schoolhouse, that community advocates are trying to preserve.

Juneteenth 2020 finds us in a historic moment when there appears to be the will, energy...

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Happy Juneteenth y'all.

It is a time to celebrate a freedom once won, but to also contemplate a democracy still...

One of the most understated facts about African American freedom and safety is that some of it was won by Black men and women being willing to take up arms.

Here's what you need to know today.

Last year, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, but the United States has yet to acknowledge the direct line from chattel slavery in the…