Giving voice to all communities
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. told CBS News that marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday was a long time coming.
For the first time chef, entrepreneur and cookbook author Melba Wilson will open a second location in New Jersey of her namesake restaurant where she’s known for southern classics.
Former CBS News producer Rodney Hawkins speaks to Lenora McQueen, who has been working to reclaim one of the largest African American gravesites in the country. And secretary Lonnie Bunch of the Smithsonian Institution explains the role of cemeteries in telling collective history.
For the past two decades, the museum has told the story of slavery and emancipation, and celebrated the accomplishments of African Americans throughout Texas — but now, it's about to make room for a bigger project.
Author, blues musician and son of Wally "Famous Amos," Shawn Amos, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his new book "Cookies & Milk." The story is inspired by Shawn's real-life experience helping his dad open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store.
For the past two decades, the museum has told the story of slavery and emancipation, and celebrated the accomplishments of African Americans throughout Texas — but now, it's about to make room for a bigger project.
The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" spent years walking from Texas to Washington, D.C. to call for Juneteenth's holiday status.
The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" spent years walking from Texas to Washington, D.C., to call for Juneteenth's holiday status.
In his new book, Anthony Ray Hinton details his journey toward hope after spending decades on death row for a crime he says he didn't commit.
Anthony Ray Hinton served nearly 30 years on death row in Alabama for crimes he says he didn't commit, before being exonerated in 2015. His book "The Sun Does Shine" was a best-seller, and has now been adapted for young readers. Hinton joins “CBS Mornings'' to discuss his life since being released from prison, and what lessons he hopes young people learn from his story.
