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What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 11 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIt was declared a national holiday in 2021, 156 years after slavery’s end. As we celebrate...
Opinion | Why Juneteenth gives me hope in 2024
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAlthough it was only designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth National Independence Day has of course been celebrated in Black American...
Pew revises ‘racial conspiracy theories’ report after criticism
The Hill via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoPew Research Center has revised a recent study after advocates criticized the research institute for...
GOP candidate tells Black Americans to leave US in Juneteenth Message
Newsweek· 5 hours agoA Republican candidate for Missouri secretary of state has told Black Americans who do like the...
Why Black Americans are less likely to end up with debt relief
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 days agoBlack Americans are less than half as likely as white Americans to have their debts reorganized or...
Fact Check: Truth Behind Claims This Pic Shows Crowd at 'Black Americans For Trump' Event
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGetty Images / Russ McNamera Claim: A photo taken inside an historically Black church in Michigan...