The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the third Saturday in July as Negro Election Day.
About 1740, slaveowners in Massachusetts allowed slaves to have a festival day around the time of local elections in the colony, which occurred on the last Wednesday in May. It was "a general holiday for slaves," according to a scholarly article about it by Shane White (" 'It Was A Proud Day': African Americans, Festivals, and Parades in the North, 1741-1834,"The Journal of American History, June 1994).
What's the proper way to refer to people who come from Latin America?
Are they Hispanics or Latinos? Some people use the terms interchangeably, but Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey prefers a different term: Latinx.
