Source: vadishzainer / Getty A white Ohio police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a video captured him kneeling on the back of a 15-year-old girl during a chaotic arrest following the Elyria Juneteenth Celebration on June 20. The incident, which occurred in downtown Elyria, has sparked community outrage and prompted an […]
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Source: Bilal Morris / iOne Digital Houston didn’t just celebrate Juneteenth this year – it embodied a celebration that would have made our ancestors proud. Over the course of the weekend at The SLAB, BLD PWR turned the birthplace of Juneteenth into a living room for Black Joy, Black Pride and Black Power. From film […]
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Source: Myung J. Chun / Getty Juneteenth asks something more of us than a barbecue and a day off work. It asks us to hold the arrival of freedom in 1865 alongside the long and unfinished record of people who have spent the years since defending it, a fight that still has no finish line. […]
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Source: Boston Globe / Getty Every June, America asks me to celebrate two freedoms at once. As a Black trans woman, I have never understood why so many people insist on treating them as separate stories. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced freedom for enslaved Black […]
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Source: BLD PWR / BLD PWR Before Juneteenth was a federal holiday, before it was a marketing opportunity, it was a reckoning in the state of Texas. On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Galveston learned what the rest of the country had known for more than two years – they were free. More than […]
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Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty As Juneteenth approaches, a question has been popping up across social media, news sites, and family group chats: Can President Donald Trump cancel Juneteenth? The short answer is no. But because of several recent actions by Trump and his administration, many Americans are understandably wondering whether the holiday’s future is […]
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