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Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 4 hours agoAct in 2021. So what is the origin of Juneteenth, how did it become a holiday and how can you celebrate it? What is Juneteenth? On 19 June 1865 - months...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoThe answers to these questions are complex, and historians have been arguing for some time over whether free blacks purchased family members as slaves in order to protect them — motivated, on ...
American Canyon’s Juneteenth celebration this Sunday
Napa Valley Register· 5 days agoAmerican Canyon’s wildly popular Juneteenth celebration kicks off this Sunday, ahead of the actual June 19 holiday, to embrace how far the country has...
What Juneteenth means to me
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoWhen asked what Juneteenth means to me – I found myself a bit surprised that I did not have a clear-cut, concise answer readily available. It required...
American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited,...
The Patriot-News· 3 hours agoAs the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue...
No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 2 hours agoGeorge Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but...
Jackson council voted to remove the Andrew Jackson statue in 2020. Why is it still standing?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut he was also a slave owner, owning a plantation in Coahoma County along with a plantation in...
Black Homesteaders Are Finding Freedom Through Sustainable Living—You Can, Too
Parents via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“The focus is more on gardening and other activities outside of keeping animals or owning large...
Robert Hartwell on ‘Plantation-Style’ Home Renovation That Honors Ancestors: ‘I Deserve to Be Here’...
People Magazine· 24 hours agoNew Ground. In the upcoming Max series, the Broadway star invites viewers inside the challenging,...
Celebration of freedom - The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald· 19 hours agoWhile the roots of Juneteenth are found in Texas, this federal holiday that commemorates the end of...
