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LGBTQ+ folks across the country — no matter where you are on your journey — know you are loved and accepted just as you are
To LGBTQ+ folks across the country — no matter where you are on your journey — know you are loved and accepted just as you are. pic.twitter.com/e0vpSBkwFV — President Biden (@POTUS) June 29, 2021
Bruce Springsteen's First Night Back on Broadway
The marquee of the St. James Theatre was officially relit after 471 days on Saturday, June 26 as Bruce Springsteen returned to Broadway for a summertime residency. Here are clips from the historic night, including his entrance, songs, and curtain call.
Song Power Baby!
Song power baby! https://t.co/BaeAkcb8ms — Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) June 22, 2021 @StevieVanZandt -Checkpoint Charlie https://t.co/m8vvpDAWzq https://t.co/5RMjKtXiHn — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) June 22, 2021
To Celebrate Juneteenth, Listen To A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation
Click on the audio link to hear NPR staff members read — in celebration of the June 19th holiday — the Emancipation Proclamation, and follow along below. More from NPR at link here . From left: Michel Martin, Noel King, Sam Sanders, Rodney Carmichael, Juana Summers, Dwane Brown, Audie Cornish, Tonya Mosley, Karen Grigsby Bates, Korva Coleman, Gene Demby, Cheryl Corley, Eric Deggans, Ayesha Rascoe and Walter Ray Watson Photo illustration by Amna Ijaz/NPR The Emancipation Proclamation Michel Martin By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: Noel King "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the...