/tags/slavery Slavery en-US Copyright Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:52:49 GMT /music-arts-and-culture/2024-06-14/juneteenth-celebrations-and-festivals-ahead-across-the-region Next Wednesday is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. Throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California, municipalities and groups will celebrate in a variety of ways. Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:52:49 GMT /music-arts-and-culture/2024-06-14/juneteenth-celebrations-and-festivals-ahead-across-the-region Jane Vaughan /race-and-ethnicity/2023-06-26/when-will-the-legislature-vote-on-california-reparations Next Thursday, California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations plans to hand over to the state Legislature its extensive report and recommendations for how to compensate eligible Black Californians for the enduring harms of slavery. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:26:42 GMT /race-and-ethnicity/2023-06-26/when-will-the-legislature-vote-on-california-reparations Wendy Fry, Rya Jetha /race-and-ethnicity/2023-05-02/california-reparations-task-force-to-recommend-down-payments-for-slavery-racism The reparations task force meets Saturday in Oakland. It may vote to recommend a state apology and payments to African Americans based on years living in state. Tue, 02 May 2023 12:53:42 GMT /race-and-ethnicity/2023-05-02/california-reparations-task-force-to-recommend-down-payments-for-slavery-racism Wendy Fry /race-and-ethnicity/2021-06-19/juneteenth-celebration-draws-a-festive-crowd-to-medford The festival was held to celebrate America's newest national holiday. Juneteenth marks June 19th, 1865, when enslaved African-Americans in Texas got news — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued — that they were free. Sun, 20 Jun 2021 03:54:34 GMT /race-and-ethnicity/2021-06-19/juneteenth-celebration-draws-a-festive-crowd-to-medford JPR News Team /race-and-ethnicity/2021-06-17/house-passes-a-bill-to-commemorate-juneteenth-as-a-federal-holiday The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:59:55 GMT /race-and-ethnicity/2021-06-17/house-passes-a-bill-to-commemorate-juneteenth-as-a-federal-holiday Alana Wise /politics-government/2021-06-02/oregon-senate-approves-making-juneteenth-official-state-holiday House Bill 2168 will officially recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday in Oregon beginning June 19, 2022. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:28:27 GMT /politics-government/2021-06-02/oregon-senate-approves-making-juneteenth-official-state-holiday Sam Stites /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-24/tko-slavery-remembered-firsthand-in-river-of-blood It's been more than a century and a half since slavery was legal in the United States. But 250 years of captivity built up some feelings and habits we… Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:15:27 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-24/tko-slavery-remembered-firsthand-in-river-of-blood The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-26/tko-marking-400-years-since-slaves-arrived It's a grim anniversary, but certainly one worth noting: the arrival of African slaves in Virginia in August, 1619. So 400 years since the door opened… Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:31:04 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-26/tko-marking-400-years-since-slaves-arrived The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-14/celebrating-slaverys-end-on-juneteenth It is one of the most significant dates in American history: June 19, 1865. That is the day that Union troops arriving in South Texas informed the… Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-14/celebrating-slaverys-end-on-juneteenth The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-07-20/the-intertwining-of-christianity-and-slavery Racism is a hot topic in our times (as if it ever really cooled down). And a historical perspective helps us better understand the very concept of race.… Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:37:21 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-07-20/the-intertwining-of-christianity-and-slavery Geoffrey Riley