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Here are 18 events and ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Louisville
Gannett via AOL· 1 hour agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, is a...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoMichael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images After decades of being celebrated at mostly the...
Plentiful food: Juneteenth traditionally celebrated with tables laden with tasty dishes
Temple Daily Telegram· 6 hours agoNo matter what June 19 was called or where the celebrations occurred, festive tables overflowed with...
Will Smith sparks ‘frenzy’ after secretly attending Bad Boys: Ride or Die screening
The Independent US via AOL· 3 hours agoBad Boys: Ride or Die enjoyed an unexpectedly strong opening weekend at the box office, grossing...
Scottsdale marks Juneteenth this week
East Valley Tribune· 3 hours agoAsk anyone from grade school kids to senior citizens what the most important thing about the United States is, and you will likely get a one-word answer:...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoWhy do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ...
Juneteenth: The journey to where? - CUInsight
CUInsight.com· 3 hours agoIt commemorates the pivotal moment on June 19th, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas finally learned of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation ...
What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe image of a kneeling person in chains was first used in a seal commissioned by the Committee for...
Juneteenth celebrations follow tradition of newly freed Black people | Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt
Santa Maria Times· 1 day agoOn Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, signed the Emancipation...
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback and the box office with $56 million opening
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs· 11 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence...
