In powerful remarks at the Grand Opening Celebration of the Obama Presidential Center, @MichelleObama called on Americans to see the good in our neighbors, and to recognize our shared values.
In 2016, at age 89, Opal Lee—the "Grandmother of Juneteenth"—made a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington, DC, to advocate for federal recognition of #Juneteenth. Later this year, she will celebrate her 100th birthday. More about her life and legacy: https://t.co/bCN4syZnBs
Asian elephant calf Linh Mai made her public debut Wednesday at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. She is the first elephant calf born at the zoo in 25 years.
Gov. Wes Moore has ordered flags flown at half-staff in Maryland today in honor of the late, iconic civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. Moore will also attend the Jackson funeral service on Friday at the House of Hope in Chicago.
Saturday, in keeping with the issues of civil rights, Maryland's first Black Governor travels to Selma, Alabama, to keynote the Legal Defense Fund’s Annual Selma Jubilee in commemoration of the Bloody Sunday protests for Black Americans' right to vote. The annual event also reenacts the March 7, 1965, protests across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in which Moore will participate. In 1965, the peaceful protests turned violent as those marching were attacked by police using billy club batons, water hoses, and attack dogs.