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  • Parades, street festivals and speeches mark Juneteenth across U.S

    06/19/2022 5:00:37 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 88 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | June 19, 2022 | By Rich McKay (D-Reuters)
    ATLANTA (Reuters) - With street parties, the trumpets and drums of marching bands, speeches and a few political rallies, people across the United States marked Juneteenth this weekend, a jubilee commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans. Events started on Friday and continued through Sunday featuring concerts at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, freedom walks in Galveston, Texas, and jazz music in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. "This is America's holiday, not just African Americans' holiday," said Gerald Griggs, the Georgia state president of the NAACP civil rights organization. "It's the true Independence Day, the day when...
  • ZOT!!! The conservative spirit lives. All trolls must die.

    02/27/2004 5:45:15 PM PST · by ihatethelibstheyarecommies · 108 replies · 12,862+ views
    Some DUllard, as told to Reddy Kilozot.
    <p>It would appear that the conservative spirit in America is dying. Is that good? Yes, indeed it is. The conservatives have done nothing good in their history. They fought to maintain slavery by giving the excuse of states' rights, they fought segregation on the basis of state's rights, and they still fight today.</p>