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June 19 marks Juneteenth federal holiday - WAKA 8
WAKA Action 8· 2 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in...
Juneteenth celebrations continue in Charleston for the official holiday - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 1 day agoJuneteenth Committee Chair in Charleston Ray Whiting says that for many Americans, June 19th marks a...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAdvocates sought, again, for leaders to codify the Juneteenth holiday into law, decades after...
Understanding history of Juneteenth; federal holiday since 2021
WITI via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMILWAUKEE - The federal holiday Juneteenth will be celebrated on June 19. The holiday observes the...
Juneteenth 2024 in Long Branch mixes bouncy houses with serious reflection
Gannett via AOL· 11 hours ago"To this day this holiday is still not really celebrated by all even though it is considered our...
At Alabama Juneteenth event, holiday seen as an opening day for ‘voting season’
Birmingham News· 1 day agoJuneteenth has been a federal holiday for the past three years and commemorates the ending of...
Nashville celebrates Juneteenth at Union fort
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoNashvillians celebrated Juneteenth on Wednesday at Fort Negley, a Civil War encampment built by free Blacks and Black Americans conscripted by the U.S....
‘It’s freedom, it celebrates freedom’: Evansville community honors Juneteenth
14 WFIE Evansville· 1 day agoJuneteenth, the federal holiday which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, was on...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee discusses her work to solidify the holiday
NPR· 1 day agoThat is 1,400 miles. This was part of your push to make Juneteenth a holiday. LEE: I felt like if a little old lady in tennis shoes was walking from Fort ...
Juneteenth gains in popularity and so does making money from it
Axios· 1 day agoJuneteenth is now a federal holiday, and like all other holidays, it can be a chance to make a few...