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Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," talks as she opens the front door of her home on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Opal Lee's dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized two years ago, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others. Photo credit: LM Otero

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Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ and ‘Just Mercy’ author Bryan Stevenson discuss national museum, legacy of slavery

June 19, 2023
By Sarah Bahari
Texas Metro News, The Dallas Morning News

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Antonio Harrison III, 2, rests in the arms of his father, Antonio Harrison Jr., as male churchgoers gather in front of the altar during service at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. Photo credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta, The Associated Press

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PERSPECTIVE: Love and support of a good father greatly benefits children

June 19, 2023
By Lynn Norment
NABJ Black News & Views

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting with all of the U.S. Attorneys in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd's death, Garland spoke in Minneapolis on Friday, June 16, about a DOJ probe into the Minneapolis Police Deprtment. Photo credit: Jose Luis Magana, The Associated Press

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VIDEO: U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland delivers details of scathing report on Minneapolis Police Department and pattern of discrimination against Black and Native American people

June 16, 2023
By The Associated Press

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Pamela Dias, the mother of Ajike Owens, center, makes a statement with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, right, during the funeral for Owens on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Meadowbrook Church in Ocala, Florida. Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, when she went to Lorincz's door. Lorincz was arrested and charged in the shooting. Photo credit: Alan Youngblood, The Associated Press

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Ajike Owens, Florida mother of 4 shot by neighbor, laid to rest

June 15, 2023
By Melanie Eversley
NABJ Black News & Views

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VIDEO: Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely

June 15, 2023
By The Associated Press
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Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in suit over firing after 2018 arrests of 2 Black men

June 15, 2023
By The Associated Press
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