The name, Juneteenth, is a portmanteau, combining June and nineteenth.Its originsdate back toJune 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S. were informed of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Procla...
Spread Juneteenth awareness.Although Juneteenth is a federal holiday, there still is much to learn about its history and why we celebrate. Sharing knowledge about Juneteenth on your website, social media, and across your organization is key to spreading awareness. TheTri-State Expo: Juneteent...
How did Toussaint L'ouverture, born into bondage in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) and enslaved for more than half his life, come to lead the most successful slave revolt in history—and help precipitate the downfall of European colonialism in the western hemisphere?
Mariachis are famous for playing guitars. The most hateful critic finds himself compliant When hearing guitars which are really quite giant. “Bigger is better!” the musicians say. So mas y mas grow the guitars that they play. And that’s where they found Juan, a guitar big and wide Fell...
How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country’s most essential stories are hidden in plain view—whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in ens...
Name & date Greet your dad or father figure with the title you use to refer to them in real life. Adding the date to the card or letter for Dad may feel ultra formal, but he’ll be glad you did when he pulls your letter out of his keepsakes in a few years. It’s nice to be...
This unyielding commitment to finding partners with common values extends beyond real estate. Booker, who is committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity in business, recently spoke at Chase for Business’s Juneteenth event about how networking can expand your opportunities. ...
Since we’re just about at the middle of the season (roughly 45% of the year’s done), and since there’s no need for a full Sunday breakdown given there were just four games this weekend, let’s do a midseason grades piece. We’re going in order of the
For example, Lyft was one of the first tech companies to announce its decision to make Juneteenth an official company holiday, and Salesforce has committed to taking steps to support policy changes pertaining to policing, hate crimes, and criminal justice among other internal action items ...
Debo Ray has played in Boston at Scullers, the Regatta bar and for MFA’s Juneteenth celebration. She has sung with Esmeralda Spalding and Bobby McFerrin and Terri Lyne Carrington at locations including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Through a program at Berklee School of Music she has...