Celebrating Black History, Black Excellence, and Black Joy Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the freedom of the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas. The newly freed Black Americans observed Juneteenth as a celebration of freedom and its fulfillment. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, is marked by celebrations, family gatherings, picnics, and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation as a measure of progress against freedom. As Juneteenth is an occasion for…
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///////////////Books on Film: THE BYE BYE MAN
The Bye Bye Man is an upcoming supernatural horror film based on the chapter “The Bridge to Body Island” in historian Robert Damon Schneck’s book…
#FridayReads
As the holidays approach, many are taking flight to Hawaii for the warmth and experience of unharried “island time.” Yes, December is peak travel season…
2017 Grammy Awards Nominees
Congratulations to our 2017 Grammy Award nominees for spoken word! In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett, Narrated by Carol Burnett Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells…
Pick Up A Book And Go
Wishing you could get away? Check out this stack of books that will send you on journeys across distance and time. The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies Go…
Books on Film: Fences
Fences is an upcoming drama directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his play of the same name. The film stars…