Racism

‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ talks about her activism after racism hurt her family

The Juneteenth Day of Observance — to celebrate when freedom finally came to the over 250,000 enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 — would not be a federally recognized holiday without the activism of Opal Lee.

Surgeon general uses inhaler to explain racial divide during coronavirus pandemic

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said on Friday that it is alarming, but it’s not surprising that minorities are having a higher mortality rate during the coronavirus pandemic.