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The first Black woman U.S. Senator looks back on her political career in new memoir

4:19am June 24, 2025

by Michel Martin

Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate now she shares that experience a new memoir.

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Winston Lake Golf Course celebrated by the golfers who call it home

5:30am June 20, 2025

by David Ford

Butch Wheeler, a longtime golfer at Winston Lake Golf Course, recounts its history as the first all-Black golf course in the area. Tim Grant emphasizes the course's role in fostering fellowship and diversity, being inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame. He says the course is challenging but rewarding. It's also known for its welcoming environment and community spirit, where older and younger players form lasting bonds.

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On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad

11:51am June 19, 2025

Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing Thursday on Juneteenth.

How Juneteenth and Black America helped shape U.S. cuisine

6:30am June 19, 2025

Food and cooking play a big role in Juneteenth celebrations. The barbecues and fish fries woven into Black culture helped shape American cuisine.

4th Annual Black On The Block Juneteenth Festival

Despite new challenges, Juneteenth event organizers are unbowed

5:00am June 19, 2025

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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225 years after signing his freedom documents, Peter Oliver is celebrated this Juneteenth week in Winston-Salem

5:00am June 18, 2025

by David Ford

Formerly enslaved tradesman Peter Oliver purchased his freedom from slavery on June 13, 1800. His remarkable life and legacy are being celebrated where he last lived and raised a family, in what was then the town of Salem. A public gathering place will be built in his honor on the land he once farmed.

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NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention, breaking a 116-year tradition

6:33pm June 17, 2025

President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.

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Remembering Mother Emanuel, 10 years after racist attack on famed Charleston church

5:50pm June 17, 2025

by Debbie Elliott

Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.

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Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention

5:22pm June 17, 2025

by Associated Press

The NAACP says it will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.

Mayor Allen Joines proclaims June 13, 2025 "Peter Oliver Freedom Day."

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Winston-Salem marks 225th anniversary of Peter Oliver's emancipation from slavery

2:03pm June 13, 2025

by David Ford

On June 13th, 1800, an enslaved man named Peter Oliver signed the documents for his freedom. Community leaders and Oliver descendants gathered at the site of his farm to mark the 225th anniversary of his emancipation. The celebration continues with daily events through Juneteenth.