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Opal Lee Fought To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday. Her Fight Isn’t Over.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis June 19 marks the second year the United States has observed Juneteenth as a national holiday....
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Juneteenth celebrates its third birthday as a federally recognized holiday this year. However, Juneteenth is not three...
The Best Way to Honor Juneteenth, According to Activists Who Helped Make It a National Holiday
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA young girl sits on a man's shoulders during the Louisville Juneteenth Festival at the Big Four...
Juneteenth 2023: Celebrate in Knoxville with parade, exhibits, stories of emancipation
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA month after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill to make June 19 ‒ known as Juneteenth ‒ a state...
All You Need to Know About Federal Holidays for 2023
Real Simple via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLearn about the full schedule—and your employee rights to observe holidays that aren't on the list. Gam1983/Getty Images Although you’d think they’d be...
Understanding Juneteenth
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA father and daughter. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock The U.S. will observe the federal Juneteenth holiday on Monday, June 20, though the actual...
Are Banks Closed or Open on Juneteenth?
GoBankingRates via AOL· 1 year agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and falls on June 19 every year. It is recognized as a federal holiday. Additionally,...
Wanda Lloyd: Celebrate Black culture this Juneteenth, beware the commercialization
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis is a column by Wanda Lloyd, a retired newspaper editor and author of “COMING FULL CIRCLE: From...
Juneteenth and Black America’s Love of Horses
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJuneteenth and Black America’s Love of HorsesBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI - Getty Images Each year, Black people across the United States observe June 19—the day...
Examples Of How Businesses Got Juneteenth Wrong
The Root via Yahoo News· 12 months agoBack in 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday. The bill that was signed commemorated the end of slavery in the United States. Even...