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Village Initiative celebrates Juneteenth in Williamsburg with music, parade, food and dance
Daily Press· 2 hours agoThere, the last officially enslaved people in the country found out they were free, two years after...
Grove City Council addresses a 1910 racial injustice
KSNF Joplin via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoGROVE, Okla. — Grove city leaders passed a proclamation Tuesday during a regular city council meeting honoring a Grove resident and acknowledging a...
Juneteenth celebrations held across West Michigan
WOOD via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Celebrations are happening across West Michigan as the community honors Juneteenth. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued...
For the first time, Juneteenth is a free entry day at national parks
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was supposed to take effect on Jan. 1, 1863, freeing "all persons held...
Middletown Art Center recognizes Juneteenth with annual celebration
The Lake County Record-Bee· 11 hours agoThe army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Texans were free two-and-a-half years after...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhat does that Mean? Let’s get to it. In 1865, enslaved Americans were freed. President Lincoln’s ...
How some first responders are celebrating Juneteenth
KATC 3 Lafayette· 21 hours agoIt's Juneteenth, also known as "Freedom Day." On June 19, 1865, enslaved people across the United States realized they were free under the 1862 ...
PHOTOS: Sabine Farms group hosts Juneteenth celebration
The Marshall News Messenger· 3 hours agoThe news, which was delivered in Galveston by Union soldiers, came two and a half years after...
CELEBRATING FREEDOM: Juneteenth events offer opportunity to reflect
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 12 hours agoThe celebration of Juneteenth by the organization E3 commemorated the day that word of the ...
David Oyelowo on playing justice seekers, peacekeepers and men on a mission
NPR· 1 day agoI'm Tonya Mosley. Today marks Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slavery ended in Texas, 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.