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Journey to Juneteenth: Tallahassee family continues Florida’s Emancipation Day traditions
WCTV Tallahassee· 6 days agoIn Florida, Emancipation Day is traditionally celebrated on May 20. On that day in 1865, the ...
Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 6 days agoToday we celebrate Juneteenth, the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the farthest outpost in America. Many people do not realize...
Commemorating Juneteenth around Greater New Orleans and virtually
WGNO via Yahoo News· 7 days agoEfforts to free enslaved African Americans began on Jan. 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln...
OTHERS SAY: Still work to do | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 days agoArmy Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, telling the people of the westernmost...
I'll Always Wear My Hoodies
Level Man via Yahoo News· 22 hours ago(She’d earlier shaded her zebra-skin skirt by making a reference to The Lion King.) “Didn’t the Emancipation Proclamation free us from headrags,” she had...
Rye celebrates Juneteenth with day of service at town’s African American Cemetery
KLAX-TV· 2 days agoJuneteenth marks the 1865 emancipation of the last group of enslaved people, who were in Texas, 2.5...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
WKYT Lexington· 6 days agoSince it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America. Many people get the day off...
EDITORIAL: Juneteenth celebrates liberty
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 19—Juneteenth is all about emancipation — freedom. For Black Americans, Juneteenth is as much about liberty as the Fourth of July. While the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Juneteenth Celebrations through Capital Region
WAFB Baton Rouge· 5 days agoPeople all over the Capital Region are coming together to celebrate Juneteenth. It marks the day the last group of enslaved people learned of their...
David Oyelowo on playing justice seekers, peacekeepers and men on a mission
NPR· 6 days agoI'm Tonya Mosley. Today marks Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slavery ended in Texas, 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
