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Freedom School reimagines summer camp through authors of color
The Sacramento area is home to one of the largest Freedom School programs in the country. It's a collection of literacy-based after-school programs and summer camps aimed at boosting reading scores ...
In Tulsa, Black Families Spend Saturdays Reclaiming The History Oklahoma Tried to Suppress
After the state restricted how lessons on race and gender could be taught, activist Kristi Williams turned anger into ...
What does liberation mean to you? Black artists in Columbia share their thoughts for Juneteenth.
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, The Mixsress, Jahnna Blyden, Atiba Smith and Kari Lebby told Free Times what "liberation" means to ...
Houston Grand Opera, poet Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, composer Joel Thompson collaborate on Juneteenth event
Tuesday night's A Voice Within concert at Emancipation Park is based on a set of 12 poems penned by Mouton and scored by ...
Celebrate freedom and Black heritage on Juneteenth with parade, stories, art in Knoxville
Juneteenth ‒ also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day and Freedom Day ‒ falls on a Thursday this year and will be marked in Knoxville with festivals, a parade, music and other activities on and ...