Nation Feb 11 How Robert Smalls sailed his crew and family to freedom during the Civil War By John Yang, Kaisha Young
Arts Jun 18 Watch 6:26 In ‘On Juneteenth,’ author Annette Gordon-Reed explores how Texas’ history shaped her life On this first federal Juneteenth holiday, Author and Historian Annette Gordon-Reed talks to Jeffrey Brown about the importance of this date through her personal history growing up in Texas. This reporting is part of NewsHour's arts and culture series, CANVAS. By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Politics Jun 17 Juneteenth is now a national holiday. How did it come to pass? The United States government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called "Juneteenth."… By Associated Press
Nation Jun 15 Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday The bill would lead to Juneteenth becoming the 12th federal holiday and is expected to easily pass the House. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Nation Jul 28 In Virginia’s capital, a renewed effort to honor slaves Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have announced a major funding commitment for an ambitious and long-envisioned memorial campus in the city's former slave-trading district, Shockoe Bottom. By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press
Jul 04 As monuments fall, Confederate carving has size on its side By Kate Brumback, Russ Bynum, Associated Press Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate monument ever crafted — colossal figures carved into the solid rock of a… Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 5:58 What the future could hold for these symbols of the American past By Jeffrey Brown As the country faces a moment of reckoning about its treatment of Black Americans and other people of color, the display of memorials, monuments and statues is being reexamined. Some of these symbols are being torn down by protesters, and… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch 12:46 Monuments, statues and a national reckoning on racial injustice By PBS NewsHour, Courtney Norris The debate over physical symbols of the Confederacy has evolved into a broader one about U.S. history. Judy Woodruff talks to Peniel Joseph, professor at the University of Texas at Austin, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, professor at the University of North… Continue watching
Jun 19 WATCH: Juneteenth reading of Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas By Laura Santhanam Juneteenth is observed on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union military officials let slaves in Galveston, Texas, know they had been freed. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 6:02 Is this the end for public monuments to the Confederacy? By Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Ali Rogin More than 150 years after the Civil War, monuments, schools and roads across the country still bear the names of Confederate leaders. But amidst recent protests demanding racial equality, there is a renewed push to take down the monuments and… Continue watching