Juneteenth comes from Texas emancipation day in 1865
The essay traces Juneteenth from the 1780s to 1865 and beyond, noting Gen Granger no 3 and the Emancipation Proclamation. It argues emancipation did not fully free Black people, exposing debts, property rules, and voting limits. It surveys multiple states and reconstructive loopholes shaping Black life and rights.
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Galveston
Texas
Gordon Granger
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Sierra Leone
U.S
Junieteenth
States
Pemnsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
British Empire
District of Columbia
Lincoln
Confederate States
Maryland
Delaware
Kentucky
Missouri
Virginia
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Granger
Ralph Ellison
Portrait fundraiser honors Bluefield High teacher Mary Chmara
Mary Chmara longtime Bluefield High School English teacher and driving force behind the Mary Chmara Media Center is honored by a portrait fundraiser. Becky Stearts and a committee plan the GoFundMe drive, with donations flowing as Principal Mike Collis and bookkeeper Kim Williams coordinate receipts. The project recalls Mary and husband John Chmara, who helped shape BHS academics since their 1958 meeting, and highlights Chmara's role in expanding the media center and IT resources for students.
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Mary B. Chmara
Chmara
Bluefield High School
Cumberland Road
John Chmara
BHS
Becky Stearts
Chiara
Bluefield High
Mary Chmara
Mercer County School Board
Becky
Doug Bourne
Bill Albert
Bill
Gofund
Mike Collis
Kim Williams
Bill Abert
Mary
John
University of Virginia
Chmaras
Radford College
Radford University
John Relates
Pearl S. Buck
China
West Virginia
Buck
Virginia Chryssikos
C. Abe Lilly
Katie Goodwin
Mary Frances Brammer
Jay Disibbio
Fred Simon
Randy Albert
Miners urge MSHA to adopt new PPE respirators agency wide
Letter argues regulators fail to curb silicosis and black lung as coal demand rises. It praises modern PAPR respirators from Clean Space, noting 99.7 percent protection, light weight, and U.S. and international use, urging MSHA and the Department of Labor to approve intrinsically safe gear across mines. It cites slow approval processes and calls for immediate industry-wide adoption to protect miners.
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MSHA
Australia
Europe
South America
China
France
Poland
Spain
Indonesia
U.S
NIOSH
AS/NZ
Clean Space
Department of Labor
Don V. Hylton
Bluefield
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