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Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 3 days agoToday we celebrate Juneteenth, the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the farthest outpost in America. Many people do not realize...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, what’s closed on Wednesday? UPS, FedEx, banks, mail delivery, stock...
NJ.com· 3 days agoJuneteenth 2024 is on Wednesday, June 19. It celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people...
Juneteenth celebration in Sibley Park shares significance of the holiday
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 1 day agoSlavery in the United States ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but not every slave...
Middletown Art Center recognizes Juneteenth with annual celebration
The Lake County Record-Bee· 1 day agoThe army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Texans were free two-and-a-half years after...
Commemorating Juneteenth around Greater New Orleans and virtually
WGNO via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEfforts to free enslaved African Americans began on Jan. 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln...
Juneteenth is a celebration for all - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 3 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves. It took effect January 1, 1863, however, word ...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth celebrates freedom. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Kansas City Star via AOL· 10 hours agoThe very notion of Juneteenth, he said, “is kind of a new thing for the country in a lot of ways.”...
Gerth: In Kentucky, it's Oreo cookies and not Juneteenth that's important
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoJuneteenth, also referred to as National Independence Day, commemorates when Maj. Gen. Gordon...
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 3 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...