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June 19, 2024
The Honor Flight Network hosted its first-ever Juneteenth Honor Flight for 26 Black veterans Wednesday. Calvin Kemp, a 101-year-old World War II veteran, said the celebration meant "everything" to him …
June 19 may be a holiday for some, but Morgan State University is educating and embodying the tradition and true-meaning of this historical day. As a Federal Holiday, Juneteenth is a day off work or school. At Morgan State, the institution is educating...
Willie Mays Receives the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
For Juneteenth on Morning Edition, professor Nathan Connolly reflects on the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation, and NPR staff voice the document in its entirety …
Mays is widely considered one of the sport's best ever players. Mays, who was born in Alabama, played for the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants) and was twice declared the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP). He is known for his famous catch …
Just in time for Juneteenth, Jazz at Lincoln Center has released an album called "Freedom Justice & Hope". The album is a collaboration between Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, fronted ...
Maryland’s governor issued pardons for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday – a significant act of mass clemency that reflects the rapidly changing attitudes toward a drug that an increasing number of Americans want to see legalized. The …
