Slavery Abolition

Jamelle’s column today is absolutely right on. Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves. They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment, but they were not themselves responsible for the end of slavery. They were not the ones who…

President Donald Trump’s plan to hold a campaign rally today in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was roundly condemned earlier this week. Not only would it be held at the site of a racist massacre of Black people, but it was also being held on Juneteenth. Trump backed off of the plan after…

Juneteenth is one of the most important days in American history — and celebrities are using their platforms to remind their fans of just that. The holiday falls on June 19 each year and commemorates the end of slavery in America in 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln passed…

Courtesy of Google Google marked the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth with a new Doodle on Friday (June 19). In the video clip, LeVar Burton narrates the lyrics to classic hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black national anthem. "Lift ev'ry voice and sing/ 'Til Earth and…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that Juneteenth - the 19 June date which marks the end of US slavery - will become an official holiday.It comes as millions of Americans plan to commemorate, with marches and personal observances, the 1865 date when the last US slaves…

One reason we continue to repeat the sins of our past is that we haven’t fully acknowledged them. Making Juneteenth a national holiday would help force that desperately needed reckoning with our past—a day to confront the legacy of slavery and white supremacy in the United States. As recent months…

President Trump credited himself on Wednesday for bringing attention to the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States after he first scheduled a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., that day, then moved it to a day later after objections from African-Americans.“I did something good: I made Juneteenth…

Givionne "Gee" Jordan Jr. kneeled before a line of police officers in tactical gear as fellow protesters kneeled at his side, some stretching their arms out to touch his back in solidarity. “I am not your enemy, you are not my enemy,” Jordan yelled to the officers at Marion Square in Charleston, S.C.,…

Friday, June 19, is Juneteenth—a holiday that celebrates the end of legal slavery in the United States. This year the day will be different, as protesters continue to take to the streets to demand justice for Black Americans like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor who were killed by police officers.…

The Boston Public Library has a collection of letters that were sent to and from anti-slavery activists in the 19th century. The only problem: They’re handwritten, which makes them hard to read and impossible to search. This is where you come in. The library is looking for volunteers to help…