The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery ... The new paper examines these attempted reforms to better understand how the law can drive real improvements. Davidson is also ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...

Comedian Kevin Hart delivered a punchy monologue at the BET Awards on Monday evening, wearing an equally punchy Patek ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

Two Democratic state representatives are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s ...

The rental companies could overturn the bans by collecting signatures from 10% of the precinct voters, around 150 to 200 ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

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After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment ended slavery ... Congress “the lead rein in making the right to vote equally real for all U.S. citizens.” Today, lawmakers couch their efforts at ...

It’s the nation’s newest federal holiday — and one of Somerset’s newest summertime traditions. The Lake Cumberland Juneteenth Jubilee will be held Saturday, June 21, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Lake ...

Rev. Al Sharpton warned that "history is being challenged" during his Thursday appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." ...