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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 23 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...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 39 minutes agoAfter all, it came months after the Civil War ended and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln.
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoEliza Anderson, Deseret News On Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln, became effective. The purpose...
Edward Robert McClelland: The Illinois debate that made Abraham Lincoln a national figure
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoHere, McClelland takes us to Ottawa, Illinois, for the famed first senatorial debate between Lincoln...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoKing did? You see, great leaders are not common or numerous in any country. Let's just look at the...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
36 years, $38 million and 4 parts: Why Kevin Costner believes in 'Horizon'
TODAY via Yahoo News· 18 hours ago"I wasn't expecting that," Costner told Savannah of the emotional moment on TODAY. Talking to ...
Juneteenth: Black Congress members from Ohio discuss progress and problems since holiday’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 17 hours agoIt took more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation for...
