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FILE PHOTO: Participants hold a "Silent March Commemorating the Journey of the Enslaved" to mark 400th anniversary of first enslaved African people arriving in Virginia

Daily Video June 19 2020

Should Juneteenth be a national holiday?

Juneteenth is in the national spotlight this year. Should it be a national holiday?

Daily News Lesson May 07 2020

Pulitzer Prize winners' Ida B. Wells and 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn about The 1619 Project and Pulitzer Prize winners Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931).

Daily Video August 09 2019

Learn about Toni Morrison's life and literary legacy

Use this PBS NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison who died at age 88 on Aug. 5, 2019.

U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris campaigns at a town hall meeting in North Charleston

Daily Video April 18 2019

Democratic 2020 candidates debate reparations

Directions : Read the summary, watch the videos and answer the discussion questions below. You m…

Daily Video February 18 2019

At George Washington's Mount Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America

Presidents Day is observed on George Washington's birthday, Feb. 18. Follow a tour guide at Washington's Mount Vernon estate, who is also a distant relation of an enslaved person at the former plantation, who offers his perspective about American history, slavery and the founding fathers.