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    • What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

      What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

      The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Celebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second”...

    • The shortest American Civil War summary you'll ever read

      USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      The issue of slavery divided the United States long before the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854, newly established states could use ...