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Juneteenth Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 2 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· 10 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Historical documents offer glimpses of the Underground Railroad in Chicago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· 7 hours agoFor the first three decades after Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, slavery was legal in...
Six-day Juneteenth celebration in Toledo
WTVG 13 Action News· 23 hours 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· 13 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 ...
Zinn Education Project
The Raw Story· 23 hours agoThe main “Documents of Freedom” reading on slavery, titled “Slavery and the Constitution,” is essentially a defense of the founding fathers ...
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
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...
Here are 12 Juneteenth events around South Jersey
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPresident Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, effectively ending slavery, but some enslavers ignored the order. Enslaved people...
What and when is Juneteenth? A beginner's guide to the holiday
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoNew Jersey made Juneteenth an official state holiday on June 25, 2020. Juneteenth is now a federal holiday also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day and Emancipation ...
