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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThe order was not followed by former slave owners, and in some cases freed people were forced back into work. June 19, 1866, was the first celebration of...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after ...
Will mail run today? Is post office open on Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)?
Birmingham News· 9 hours agoJuneteenth – a celebration of one of the final acts of emancipation for slaves in the U.S. – is the...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThe “mule” part came later when some families received leftover mules from soldiers. Sherman’s order...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 11 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought...
The history and significance of Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJuneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country's second Independence Day—stands as an enduring symbol of Black American freedom.
The Switch Up — The living legacy of Juneteenth
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoFor more than 400 years, 15 million Africans were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, according to data from the United Nations. By 1860, when...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoMeanwhile, slave owners in Texas suppressed the news of freedom to the people they enslaved,...
