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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPresident Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on June 17, 2021,...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Joe Biden named...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ honored
The Columbian· 5 hours agoOpal Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, White House...
“Grandmother Of Juneteenth” Opal Lee To Receieve Presidential Medal Of Freedom | Essence
Essence· 18 hours agoIt is the nation’s highest civilian honor, given to people who have made exemplary contributions to...
About This Alabama Bill To Make Workers Choose Between Celebrating Juneteenth OR Jefferson Davis’...
Black America Web· 1 day agoTake, for example, an Alabama House bill that would give state employees the option of either...
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
CBS News· 19 hours ago"These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that...
President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’
Dallas Morning News· 7 hours agoBiden hailed Lee’s relentless push to make Juneteenth a national holiday as he conferred the...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
AOL· 4 days agoOn that date in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people across the state that they were free. To commemorate the end of slavery, a new ...
Presidential Medal of Freedom: Biden honours activists, astronauts and Olympians
BBC via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoImages] One of the activists receiving a medal was Opal Lee, who advocated for Juneteenth to become...
Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 activists, athletes, politicians and others
Los Angeles Times· 7 hours agoPresident Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people Friday, including civil...