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Evanston, Ill., will lead the way in December, when it awards Black residents the first reparations provided by a municipal government.

From festivals to virtual presentations, cities throughout South Florida will be honoring and celebrating Juneteenth. Celebrated annually on June 19, the holiday honors the abolition of slavery in the United States and marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free — two and a half years after ...

 San Diego Genealogical Society Program Meeting   Saturday, 8 May, 2021:  10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. PDT  (in a Zoom Webinar) Speaker:  Nicka Smith The Saturday, 8 May 2021 meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society features Nicka Smith as the program speaker with two presentations in a Zoom webinar: Session 1:  Reverse Genealogy and DNA and Tracing the Living. So, you’ve done a great job finding your ancestors, but you’re not sure where to start to try to locate their living descendants. In this episode, we’ll cover tips and tricks you can use to safely and respectfully unearth th...

Virtual ‘Saturday Morning at the Zoo’ The nonprofit Wild Wonders animal refuge offers a virtual program, “Saturday Morning at The Zoo,” at 10 a.m. Saturday. The program features “The Rain Forest with animal ambassadors from the top of the canopy to the leafy covered floor of the forest.” Cost of the 45-minute Zoom session is $20. Registration closes at noon Friday at wildwonders.org. CARLSBAD Free series of Hebrew classes offered A free series of Hebrew classes hosted by Congregation B’nai Tikvah will be held this month and in March for Hebrew readers who are ready for a compreh...