Por: The Root Opinion June 18, 2023
This weekend, the country prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, a commemoration of June 19, 1865, the day residents of Texas found out that slavery had been abolished in the United States – two years after most of the country had already learned of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.nnnHopefully, you’ve already checked out the list of our favorite books that honor this important day in Black history. But if you can only read one,... + full article
MarketWatch USA Business June 17, 2023
Read more: naming Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021 — the first time that a new federal holiday had been approved since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. So 2023 is the second year that Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. And this means that the U.S. stock... + más
Juneteenth holiday: Will banks be open? Is mail still being delivered? | MarketWatch
Juneteenth events in Southern California | ABC7
MarketWatch USA Politics June 17, 2023
ABC7 USA Nation June 14, 2023
Weusi - Legacy of Slavery Multimedia Art Exhibit June 16-18 Art Share LA 801 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Explore the Afrocentric healing arts including music, art, dance, poetry, video and live drama to address the legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade that still... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment January 18, 2023
Zora Neale Hurston may have been buried in an unmarked grave when she died in 1960, but her star has been rising, posthumously, ever since Alice Walker brought her back to public’s attention in the late 1970s. Hurston’s masterful 1937 novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”... + más
New PBS documentary puts focus on Eatonville’s Zora Neale Hurston | Orlando Sentinel
Zora Neale Hurston Personifies Black Girl Magic | The Root
The Root USA Entertainment January 17, 2023
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE, is a documentary written, directed, and produced by Tracy Heather Strain. The two hour offering provides a vivid picture of the life and legacy of Zora, who overcame too many of the challenges Black women are forced to confront and in so... + más
How a new film captured Zora Neale Hurston's radical authenticity | Los Angeles Times
Orlando Sentinel USA Nation January 15, 2023
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer,” Zora Neale Hurston wrote in “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” It’s an often-cited quotation by the woman who went from an Eatonville childhood to become part of America’s literary pantheon, and January is a... + más
The Root USA Opinion December 11, 2022
To say that Valerie Boyd was a critically acclaimed writer, editor and educator doesn’t do her justice. And when she passed away in February at age 58 after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer, she left behind an incredible legacy.nnn “Wrapped in Rainbows,” her... + más
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