Google Calendar Makes Juneteenth an Official Holiday
This year marks the first time Juneteenth—the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.—will appear in Google Calendar.
This year marks the first time Juneteenth—the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.—will appear in Google Calendar.
During an 18-hour period between May 31 and June 1, 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the setting of one of the most devastating racial massacres to happen on U.S. soil.
Key West's colorful crosswalks prove that it doesn’t have to be Pride Month in order to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
On June 12, 1963, activist and civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot in his own driveway by Klansman Byron De La Beckwith. A bullet hole can still be seen in a kitchen wall in the home, which was declared a National Monument in 2019.
While Truth wasn't her real name, 19th-century abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth made it her life's mission.