National
James Farmer and the Roots of a Black Activist-Intellectual. By M. Keith Claybrook Jr. / AAIHS
Patsy Mink, 1st woman of color elected to Congress, honored with portrait on Capitol Hill. By Lalee Ibssa / ABC News
The National Park Service aims to increase African-American sites. By John Burnett / NPR
‘Civil: Ben Crump’ Review: Netflix Documentary Chronicles Ben Crump’s Life. By Valerie Complex / Deadline
Florida A&M Marching 100 delivers electrifying performance during Louis Vuitton Fashion Show. By Jacqueline Laurean Yates / GMA
The case against the Supreme Court of the United States. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
Abrams tries to flip script on guns and crime in Georgia. By Jeff Amy and Russ Bynum / ABC News
Andrew Gillum, DeSantis’ 2018 opponent, indicted for wire fraud, false statements. By Marc Caputo / NBC News
Biden Names Mohegan Tribe Member To Be First Native American U.S. Treasurer. By Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost
Illinois city issues reparations in hopes to close wealth gap. By Adriana Diaz / CBS News
Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Must Pay Damages. By Graham Bowley, Lauren Herstik and Douglas Morino / NYT
101 HBCUs get nearly 7 times less money than 1 other school. That must change. By Tony Allen and Glenda Glover / Wash Post
Black Liberation Figure Mutulu Shakur Seeks Prison Release. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
You Will Know Them By Their Fruits: Black Pastor at Southern Baptist Convention Slams White Preachers Who’ve Become ‘Whores’ for Trump. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too. By Kris Manjapra / The Conversation
The Spanish Slave Ship Carlotta “Denounced” By a Shark (1894). By Aderivaldo Ramos de Santana / AAIHS
When a ‘Diverse’ Book Ban Goes Awry. By Bill Lueders / The Bulwark
Buffalo shooting suspect: Motive was to prevent ‘eliminating the white race.’ By AP and NPR
Black lawmakers ‘outraged’ over Va. health commissioner demand action. By Jenna Portnoy and Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
What happened when a Black Tennessee town faced a state takeover. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Why Juneteenth Should Matter to the Church. By Ed Gilbrith / Christian Science Webinar
How evangelical Christians are sizing up the 2024 GOP race for president. By Natalie Allison and Meridith McGraw / Politico
‘You wear out’: How chronic illness grounds and inspires William Barber’s activism. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
Boston Apologizes For Slavery In City’s Past. By Ben Bianchet / HuffPost
Black Genealogy After Alex Haley’s Roots. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Freedom riders’ 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina. By Tom Foreman Jr / ABC News
Meet Opal Lee, the ‘grandmother of the movement’ to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. By Katie Kindelan /GMA
How Vincent Chin is being remembered, 40 years after his death. By Tat Bellamy-Walker / NBC News
Smithsonian unveils first Latino history exhibit, new gallery. By Patricia Guadalupe / NBC News
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House as top aide. By Mike Memoli and Zoë Richards / NBC News
