Juneteenth

Commission on Racial Equity: We Must Do More Than Commemorate Juneteenth As A Federal Holiday–We Must Fight For Racial Justice

By CORE Photos: CORE\YouTube\Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK – Today, Linda Tigani, Chair and Executive Director of the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) released the ...

Black Innovation Alliance Launches Podcast ‘From Chains To Links’ For Juneteenth

By Black Innovation Alliance Photos: Black Innovation Alliance (Washington, D.C.)  – June 12, 2024 – The Black Innovation Alliance (BIA), a coalition dedicated to ...

Juneteenth: SNIPES To Celebrate Black Entrepreneurship, Culture In Brooklyn & Baltimore

Photos: YouTube Prepare to be captivated and inspired as SNIPES, the trailblazing streetwear retailer, proudly presents “Black Is Not a Monolith,” an extraordinary three-day ...

Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Concert To Be Held In Indiana June 18

Photo: Black PR Wire (Black PR Wire) INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Summer is almost here, and it is time to celebrate. Nationally known Promoter Geno ...

Juneteenth does not denote a struggle completed or a finish line reached

Juneteenth: America’s Legacy Of Racial Injustice Against Black America

Photos: Wikimedia Commons\Screenshot\Michigan State Univ\Twitter On June 19, 1865, after white Southerners had extended the enslavement of countless Black people by concealing the Civil ...

differences in business ownership account for 20 percent of the wealth gap between average white and Black households.

Beyond Juneteenth: Breaking The Chains To Access Capital, Achieve Freedom

Photos: Twitter\Screenshot\Brookings Being Black and walking away from a person who legally owned you became reality on June 19, 1865, when Texas became the ...

Freedom

Celebrating Freedom On Juneteenth

  Book Review: ON JUNETEENTH by Annette Gordon-Reed Copyright 2021 Pages 148 Liveright Publishing Corporation A Division of W.W. Norton & Company Review by ...

Juneteenth in New York

Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Celebrate Juneetenth Holiday In Prospect Park

Photos: Juneteenth NY\Facebook NEW YORK – The second annual Big Black Kickback celebration was held on Saturday, Juneteenth in New York on Brooklyn’s Prospect ...

Black-owned premium streetwear brand DIPLOMACY partnered with NBA New Orleans Pelicans player, Wes Iwundu

Diplomacy Streetwear Announces Partnership With Pelicans’ Iwundu

Photo: Diplomacy New York, June 14, 2021 – Black-owned premium streetwear brand Diplomacy partnered with NBA New Orleans Pelicans player, Wes Iwundu (above) on ...

colloquium in honor of the late William Augustus Jones Jr.

Juneteenth: NAN To Host William Augustus Jones Jr. Colloquium

Photos: Find A Grave New York – On Thursday, June 17th, Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton and Jennifer Jones Austin, a non-profit CEO ...