PITTSBURGH’S 2023 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION BROUGHT OVER 48,000 PEOPLE TO SEE THE FESTIVITIES, JUNE 16-19. AMONG THE PERFORMERS WAS GOSPEL SENSATION ERICA CAMPBELL. (PHOTOS BY GAIL...
Joshua Houston leads a Juneteenth Parade in Huntsville, Texas, in a photo circa 1900.
Sam Houston Memorial Museum and Republic of Texas Presidential Library
by Jeffrey...
A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022.
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by Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest...
The addition of a simple ‘Mr.’ or ‘Mrs.’ could be a quiet act of resistance.
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by David B. Parker, Kennesaw State University
The...
President Barack Obama presents NBA champion and human rights advocate Bill Russell the Medal of Freedom on Feb. 15, 2011.
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by Howard Manly,...
by Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story...
JUNE 18-20 WAS ALL JUNETEENTH IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, as thousands converged on The Point to celebrate Freedom Day. (Photos by Courier photographer Gail Manker)
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California congresswoman, South Central residents bewildered by Ice Cube/Trump relationship
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
To Sean Broadus and his brother Evan,...
by Lauren Victoria Burke
(NNPA)—In an attempt to win Black voters that have been elusive for the Republican Party for many cycles, President Donald Trump...
Juneteenth is now an official holiday in the City of Pittsburgh.
The New Pittsburgh Courier learned that Mayor Bill Peduto made the announcement during the...
