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Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 3 days agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 3 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
The Switch Up — The living legacy of Juneteenth
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 days 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...
Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 4 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 4 days agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
Opinion | How Matt Gaetz is trying to weaponize Donald Trump's denial playbook
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThis week we learned the House is continuing its investigation into Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. In...
Opinion: The presidential debate our democracy deserves
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFormer White House speechwriter for President Obama Terry Szuplat lays out a few ways that this...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth
NBC Washington· 4 days 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...
Ellie MacPherson to Present BABE LINCOLN at Edinburgh Fringe This Summer
Broadway World· 2 days agoWriter, performer, and historian (the funny kind) Ellie MacPherson will return to Edinburgh Fringe...