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Juneteenth Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 4 hours agoThe anniversary is celebrated much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth is also referred to...
Shortlist announced for Docklands slavery sculpture memorial
BBC News· 12 hours agoThe piece will be located in West India Quay in London Docklands, an area linked with the trade....
Historical documents offer glimpses of the Underground Railroad in Chicago
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 8 hours agoFor the first three decades after Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, slavery was legal in...
Zinn Education Project
The Raw Story· 1 day agoThe main “Documents of Freedom” reading on slavery, titled “Slavery and the Constitution,” is essentially a defense of the founding fathers ...
Six-day Juneteenth celebration in Toledo
WTVG 13 Action News· 1 day agoWe are two weeks out from Juneteenth, Freedom Day, marking our country’s second independence day to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United...
Pensacola Juneteenth celebrations include festivals, concerts and 'family reunion.'
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoJuneteenth is a true American holiday ‒ a day on which freedom and independence came to all Americans, giving fulfilment to the concepts of liberty and equality promised at ...
MSU to host annual Juneteenth event - The State News
The State News· 8 minutes agoAlthough the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation is often considered the end of slavery in the U.S., enslaved people in Texas were not informed of their freedom
Here’s what I tell teachers about how to teach young students about slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFew issues are as difficult to deal with in the classroom as slavery in the US. Here, a professor...
Ad quotes Robinson on abortion: Women should ‘keep your skirt down.’ What else he said.
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe said that “abortion is not compatible with this nation, the same way slavery was not compatible...
When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Here's when the US commemorates the end of slavery
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlso known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day and Black Independence Day, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery
