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JACKSON, miss. (WLBT) - While some people may be spending Juniteenth under fireworks or just reminiscing, Wendell Paris Sr., 76, will be busy."I'm glad it was commissioned as a federal holiday, but we have to treat it as a working day,"…

MERIDIAN, miss. (WTOK) - Meridian City Council has approved the renaming of the old Velma Young building after a historic black woman who paved the way for the citizens' movement in Meridian.The building will be renamed after Polly…

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Broward County held a Juneteenth celebration that saw a street renamed to honor two legendary civil rights activists. Northwest 7th Street, between Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 31st Avenue, is now officially…

The minivan slips into a parking lot where a White woman hops out to hug a Black woman. Roughly the same age, they hail from opposite sides of the history they are about to confront.For 18 months, as…

Naomi Williams and D'Emanuel Grosse Sr taste the sweet potato pie at a Juneteenth celebration in Richmond, California on June 19, 2004. | David Paul Morris/Getty ImagesHappy Saturday and, more importantly, Happy Juneteenth,…

ATLANTA - The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) recently announced that it has received a total of $ 85,000 from the Rich Foundation to help expand the Georgia Civil Rights Trail in the greater Atlanta…

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - More than 30 middle school students from Cedar Rapids and the surrounding cities are participating in a summer program linked to the 1960s civil rights movement.This is the first time Iowa has had the Children's…

Birmingham-based Anthony Crawford is offering an unofficial tour to Polly Sheppard, Margaret Seidler and their husband Bob Seidler on Monday June 7, 2021 in Birmingham, Ala. A statue was created in Kelly Ingram Park in honor of the four…

The Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Trail, which opened in June 2019, is hoping to celebrate the start of its third year with an expansion of tours, some of which have been cleared up by the presence of foot soldiers who highlight the…

Michael "Wally" Wallace (left) and Gary Baldock (right) Courtesy: Sentinel-Echo UPDATE PUBLISHED 7:17 PM Friday, June 18, 2021: LONDON, Kentucky (WTVQ) - After about four hours of deliberation Friday, a federal jury…