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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WPXI· 5 days agoNineteen people were awarded the highest civilian honor in the country.
Oldest Juneteenth Organization Acknowledges White House for Recognizing Representative Al Edwards...
Digital Journal· 17 hours agoElected to the Texas State Legislature in 1979, Edwards authored and championed the bill that established Juneteenth as a state holiday in Texas. His vision ...
Emancipation celebration that pre-dates Juneteenth continues in Columbus - Home - WCBI TV | Telling...
WCBI Columbus· 2 hours agoMost people associate the Emancipation of former slaves with Juneteenth, especially since it was...
Salisbury-Rowan NAACP to hold weeklong "Juneteenth Celebration" - Salisbury Post
The Salisbury Post· 1 day agoJuneteenth, the day that acknowledges the end of slavery, became an official federal holiday in 2021. To honor this occasion, for the second year in a row ...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee of Texas honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Denton Record-Chronicle· 5 days agoLee, a Fort Worth activist, is known for her long and successful effort to have Juneteenth...
Inside Biden's Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
theGrio· 4 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from...
“Grandmother Of Juneteenth” Opal Lee To Receieve Presidential Medal Of Freedom | Essence
Essence· 6 days agoIt is the nation’s highest civilian honor, given to people who have made exemplary contributions to...
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
CBS News· 6 days ago"These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that...
The history of Memorial Day and when the holiday is observed in 2024
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt is one of 11 permanent federal holidays observed in the U.S. The 10 other federal holidays...
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Joe Biden named...