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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
$29 Trillion: That’s How Much Debt Emerging Nations Are Facing
New York Times· 2 hours agoA decades-long crisis is getting worse, and now dozens of nations are spending more on interest...
Juneteenth celebrations set for Saturday in Terrebonne and Lafourche
The Courier via Yahoo News· 38 minutes agoHe said now, at 40, he feels he has a duty to the younger generations to pass on this history. "It's...
American Canyon’s Juneteenth celebration this Sunday
Napa Valley Register· 5 hours agoSunday’s free event will also be about celebration. Main Street Park will be buzzing with African American music of all varieties — from gospel to R&B —...
Here’s where to celebrate Juneteenth around South Florida
Miami Herald via AOL· 8 hours agoIt’s almost time for the celebrations and sounds of Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating...
Essay winners: Juneteenth lets us remember nation's past while striving for better future
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoTexas was the first state to make it a holiday in 1980, motivating other states to do the same in...
‘End Slavery in California Act’ clears key hurdle
ABC 10 Sacramento· 3 days agoAn effort to end forced labor for inmates is underway. It’s a key legislative priority of California’s first-in-the-nation Reparations Task Force, and...
'No right to an honest living': Juneteenth in Boston then and now - Boston Business Journal
The Business Journals· 8 hours agoJuneteenth marks the nation’s second Independence Day. On June 19, 1865, Union forces finally...
What If Reconstruction Didn’t End Till 1920?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTheir goal, in this view, was to create an industrial-capitalist state based on wage, not slave, labor and on par with liberal empires in Europe. Sinha...
Retired opera singer Simon Estes to narrate free Ames Municipal Band concert at Bandshell Park
Ames Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA free concert at Bandshell Park on Thursday night will feature free ice cream from city...