Juneteenth Monument Honors Enslaved at Freedom Park Alabama
In Montgomery the Equal Justice Initiative unveiled the National Monument to Freedom at a four story sculpture park on Juneteenth. The monument lists 122000 surnames of formerly enslaved people and honors their endurance and resilience as visitors tour the site. Bryan Stevenson led the dedication noting enslaved people endured horrors yet forged a lasting legacy of strength and hope.
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Montgomery
Ala
Equal Justice Initiative
U.S
New Freedom Monument
United States
Bryan Stevenson
Stevenson
National Monument To Freedom
National Memorial For Peace and Justice
Legacy Museum
Michele R. Williams
Barbara Y. Williams
Murdough
Michele Williams
Moses
Alabama
Sculpture Park
Associated Press
JoAnne Bland
University of the Arts closing upends students in limbo
Katherine Anderson traveled from Texas to Philadelphia for a combined music business entrepreneurship and technology program. Two weeks ago the University of the Arts announced it would close, leaving 1,300 students scrambling to find new options as colleges nationwide face enrollment declines. Students seek options at Drexel University or other colleges while lawsuits and investigations unfold into the abrupt shutdown and fiscal crisis.
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Philadelphia
Katherine Anderson
Texas
University of the Arts
Anderson
Drexel University
State
Higher Education Executive Officers Association
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mount Pleasant
Uarts
Adam Machado
New York
Hudson Valley
Cyrus Nasib
Nasib
University of Arts
U.S
Execu
Tive Officers Association
Mark Squilla
Ian Callaghan-Kenna
Dorrance Hamilton Hall
University
Associated Press
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Lynette Kuhn
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Heather Perfetti
Middle States Commission On Higher Education