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Yes2Kollege – Minority Health Professions Mentors Program – In Person & Virtual Summer Job Shadow Student Application 2024

Staff Report Welcome back to the 11th year of the Yes2Kollege Minority Health Professions Mentor Program (MHPMP) Virtual & In Person Summer Job Shadow Opportunities for middle/high school (sometimes elementary and college) students and par...

Local Black-owned businesses celebrate Juneteenth

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Juneteenth flag waved at the Colorado Capitol on June 19, commemorating the day Union soldiers marched to Galveston, Texas in 1866 to inform thousands of enslaved people that they were free. This is the third year Juneteenth...

Juneteenth celebrated in Rondo as reparations work continues

Juneteenth celebrated in Rondo as reparations work continues There was a large celebration commemorating Juneteenth in St. Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood on Wednesday. “Good music, good food, sunshine, people smiling,” said Pastor Joseph W...

Conner Prairie highlights local history, Black-owned businesses at Juneteenth Jubilee

FISHERS, Ind. — Juneteenth is the nation’s youngest federal holiday, separated from the oldest by only two weeks. That’s one reason local historians say it’s important to tell the whole story and celebrate all progress. Events like this the Junetee...

Plus ca change plus ca meme chose: Between American and South African politics

I have been an avid watcher of American and South African politics since my first year in the university in 1963 and I had thought the promise for the world was the possibility of change in the two countries’ politics which I thought would usher in r...

“We continue to play such a critical role in the fabric of the United States,”: Highlighting Black-owned businesses around the Coachella Valley

Juneteenth is a day of celebration for all in the United States, and it commemorates the day all enslaved African-Americans were emancipated around the U.S. “For me, it shows a day of celebration,” said Jarvis Crawford, President of the...

GOP Candidate Tells Black Americans Seeking Reparations To ‘Get The F**k Out’ Of America

Missouri secretary of state candidate Valentina Gomez, whose GOP campaign has primarily consisted of homophobic stunts, told Black Americans ahead of Wednesday’s national Juneteenth holiday to “get the fuck out” of the U.S. if they s...

The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Will Begin a Series of Public Hearings on July 13th

The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Will Begin a Series of Public Hearings on July 13th | MyRadioLink.com This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best...

Commission set to study slavery reparations in New York

Nearly 160 years ago, slaves in the last parts of the Confederacy were finally granted their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation. The day would be known as Juneteenth, which was commemorated Wednesday with a recently minted federal holiday. N...

On Juneteenth, one man’s unwavering quest for reparations

Below the blazing sun on Juneteenth, Howard Ray flagged down cars stopped at a red light by a corner in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. He stepped into the street and waved, clipboard in hand. “We’re working on a petition,” he started. A few rolled d...