A Better National Holiday: Juneteenth Celebrates The Ideals Of America
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A Better National Holiday: Juneteenth Celebrates The Ideals Of America

ByGary Doan

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906). A Ride for Liberty — The Fugitive Slaves (recto), ca. 1862. The day before Juneteenth, 2020, Senator John Cornyn announced his intention to introduce legislation aimed at making it a federal holiday. He called it, on the Senate floor, “an opportunity to reflect on our history, the mistakes we have made,…

Harriet Tubman Mural Stops Onlookers in Their Tracks
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Harriet Tubman Mural Stops Onlookers in Their Tracks

ByGuest Post

A freshly painted mural of Underground Railroad icon Harriet Tubman extending her hand is provoking viewers to reach out and grasp it. A young African-American girl touching Tubman’s open hand was captured in a viralphoto on Instagram, and it communicated everything the artist said he hoped for. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkXNfDFhw3/?igshid=1bi7mbg8vi66g “Wouldn’t it be nice if I exposed…