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Opinion: Juneteenth and the unfinished work of racial justice | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 3 days agoIn Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger brought freedom from abstraction into...
Galveston was home to the first Juneteenth. Here's how it'll celebrate this year
NPR· 1 hour agoJune 19th commemorates the fall of slavery in Galveston in 1865 — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ordered the liberation of Black people held in the Confederacy ...
Investigation underway after Galveston house balcony collapses, killing 'PR Fairy' Susan Farb Morris
ABC13 Houston· 9 hours agoA beautiful beachfront view turned tragic after a balcony collapsed on Galveston's West End, killing...
Q&A: Retired Army colonel Dwayne Wagner talks about his Juneteenth poem for Military Review
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoDwayne Wagner. Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, when 250,000 enslaved people of African descent...
Opinion | On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached
New York Times· 58 minutes agoWith those words, Harris, who stood alongside President Biden when he admirably signed the...
Galveston investigating fatal West End balcony collapse
Galveston County Daily News· 12 hours agoSusan Farb Morris, 68, of Houston, died at an island hospital Friday afternoon after a fall from her...
Is the stock market open or closed on Juneteenth 2024? See full holiday schedule
USA Today· 45 minutes agoUnited States stock markets will be closed on Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. The...
Here's how people are celebrating Juneteenth across the country
Scripps News via AOL· 12 hours agoIt's celebrated on June 19. Across the country, people are gathering to honor the historic day when...
Juneteenth means more than celebrations in Jackson. It's a time of reflection, commemoration
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 22 minutes agoSee what's going on here Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger...
Are banks, post offices, UPS and FedEx open on Juneteenth 2024 in VT? Here's what to know
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoAnd, it's very close to being a state holiday as the governor signed a bill recognizing it as a...