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At Niyyah Coffee, orders come in sign language
By Zeid Alsalloum | Aug. 9Talha Tufail's Mass Ave shop is Indianapolis' first deaf-owned coffee shop, built as a place where deaf and hearing customers meet over the same counter.
Juneteenth marks the long road to freedom
By Salsabil F. Qaddoura and Zariya O’Yanna Burnes | June 19Juneteenth, shortened from "June Nineteenth," is a federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Celebrated on June 19, it honors the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the last enslaved people in the state were free. Widely observed as an African American holiday, Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States.
Pride Month spotlights LGBTQIA+ artists shaping music
By Zariya O’Yanna Burnes | June 3June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture, honor the history of the movement and support LGBTQIA+ people and organizations. The monthlong observance honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, widely considered a turning point in the LGBTQIA+ rights movement in the United States. The first Pride march in New York City was held June 28, 1970, on the first anniversary of Stonewall.
