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Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 7 days agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThose celebrations included ones at the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the United States...
Juneteenth Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 3 days agoJuneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National ...
When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Here's when the US commemorates the end of slavery
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth is one of 13 legal holidays observed by the First State. The legal holidays currently recognized by the State of Delaware are: New Year’s < ...
Magic Johnson is a product of Martin Luther King Jr. through inspiration, opportunities
The Arizona Republic· 4 days agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Johnson was a kid growing up in Lansing, Michigan at the time the...
'Louteenth' debacle shows missteps in honoring Black history can be learning opportunities
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth became a national holiday in 2021, marking the first new federal holiday since Martin ...
Flag Day reminds us that the Stars & Stripes belong to all of us
The Repository via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoHow in the world did we get here? As the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. noted in his final and...
Why Juneteenth, the U.S.'s Second Independence Day, Is a Federal Holiday
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoJuneteenth derives its name from June 19, 1865, the day that U.S. General Gordon Granger informed the enslaved individuals of Galveston, Texas, that they were officially free ...
Ironman 70.3: A list of road closures for the Ironman race
KCCI 8 Des Moines· 2 days agoThe Ironman returns to Des Moines for the fourth year in a row. As athletes from around the world...
Here's the difference between fixed and floating holidays
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe holidays that were affected by this were Washington’s Birthday and Memorial Day; the act also made Columbus Day a federal