The process of “memory making” is ongoing as activists throughout the African diaspora confront the past and challenge landscapes that pay homage to colonialism and Eurocentrism.

Southern states have an opportunity to delve into their history to honor forgotten Blacks worthy of notice.

The battles over critical race theory and Southern heritage are really about a narrow, exclusionary reading of our past.

The declaration of Juneteenth as a new federal holiday last week has drawn excitement in Nevada, along with a determination to ensure that the history and purpose of the holiday — which marks the day that one of the last groups of enslaved people in the U.S. was informed of emancipation — are learned and valued.

Police dog bites send thousands of people to emergency departments every year. Most of these bite victims are men, and studies show that in some places, they have been disproportionately Black.

Police dog bites send thousands of people to emergency rooms every year.

On June 19, 1865, the last of the African American slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally told they were free, about two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth, a day that memorializes the emancipation of slaves in this country, is now a federal holiday.