Juneteenth is a reminder that emancipation was not a moment. It was a movement from 1619 - 1865 consisting of acts of rebellion, resistance and self liberation that culminated with the 13th Amendment. The struggle for freedom continues.

The CD4 Democratic Delegation is fired up for the 2024 Virginia Democrats convention.

Congratulations Virginia Democrats for a fantastic state convention.

From L-R: Rep. Gerry Connolly Leader Charniele Herring Abigail Spanberger @DonScott757 Jennifer McClellan (photo credit) Tim Kaine Jennifer Wexton Mark Warner Susan Swecker Eugene Vindman Mamie Locke bluevirginia.us/2024/06/sunday…

👉🏾New museum exhibit honoring the life and legacy of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm on what would have been her centennial birthday. Museum of the City of NY abc7ny.com/post/here-and-…

#RidingWithBiden

“The Freedom Schools compel us to reimagine education even at a time when parents, school boards, and conservative organizers ban books. In the last academic year, books were banned across 23 states, with over 4,000 book banning incidents reported.” time.com/6992744/freedo…

“Banner & her twin sister Joy are co-founders of the Descendants Project, a non-profit in #Louisiana...Early this year, the group bought the Woodland Plantation Home, putting it in Black ownership for the first time in more than two centuries.” #history npr.org/2024/07/09/nx-…

University of Richmond professor receives Appalachian Studies Association fellowship for research on Black history       - rvahub.com/2024/07/09/uni…

102 graves of enslaved African Americans discovered next to Fairfax County waterpark wset.com/news/local/afr…

Otterdale Farm's history of slavery raised in Chesterfield school naming debate richmond.com/news/local/edu… via Richmond Times-Dispatch

Maternal health advocates: Medicaid survey results ‘devastating’ vpm.org/news/2024-07-1…

DNA Study of Jamestown Bones Reveals Tangled Family Tale archaeology.org/news/2024/08/1… - via Archaeology Magazine

Formerly enslaved, Anna Julia Cooper earned an MA in mathematics & a PhD from the Sorbonne. Her 1892 book championed women’s rights. “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class, it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”

University of Richmond Professor Sandy Williams IV Named Joan Mitchell Fellow for Work in Sculpture news.richmond.edu/releases/artic… # via @

My mother was diagnosed with cancer when I was the district attorney of San Francisco. I remember cooking meals for her and taking her to her appointments. I did what I could to make her comfortable. I figured out which clothes were soft enough that they wouldn't irritate her,

Historian speaks on the Great Migration vpm.org/2024-05-06/his…

Black Joy affirms that I am not a victim. I am an agent of change. It rejects the idea that violence, … injustice, discrimination, prejudice, and dominance over others are normal and acceptable actions. - Brandy Factory nmaahc.si.edu/explore/storie… via Smithsonian’s NMAAHC

Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, calls for unity in open letter to Trump spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas…

At Virginia’s Executive Mansion, Martin Townes serves the present and preserves the past as butler-historian news.vcu.edu/article/2025/0…