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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 3 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...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 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 ...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 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· 13 hours agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national...
Trump’s record of insulting Black communities highlighted by top Democrat on Juneteenth: Latest...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 minutes agoRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump back on the campaign trail after being convicted on...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Will mail run today? Is post office open on Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)?
Birmingham News· 7 hours agoJuneteenth – a celebration of one of the final acts of emancipation for slaves in the U.S. – is the...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago"What, to the American slave, is your fourth of July," Douglass said. "I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB Radio· 8 hours agoNational Independence Day. It’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 3 hours agoLook, I’m not going to bring up the three-fifths clause or the fugitive slave clause. I’m talking about the other parts. But, if we were going to build a...