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Wheeling’s Juneteenth celebration marks a day of freedom and remembrance
WTRF Wheeling· 3 days agoWHEELING, W.V. — June 19 is all about freedom, marking the day when Union soldiers landed in...
Montpelier commemorates 'end of slavery ... making of America' at Juneteenth celebration
The Daily Progress· 5 days agoUnder the tents scattered across the grounds of what was once one of Orange County’s largest...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in San Antonio
San Antonio Express-News· 6 days agoThe federal holiday commemorating the end of legalized slavery has been observed every year in Texas since June 19, 1865, when Union Army Maj. Gen....
The extraordinary lives of New England’s Black whaling captains - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoWhat makes Cuffe’s story remarkable is that he accomplished all this as a Black and Native American...
"Bridging the Racial Divide": Juneteenth panel tackles the hard questions
The Danville Commercial-News· 4 hours agoAs Juneteenth festivities in Temple Plaza wrapped up on Wednesday, several hundred people headed to...
Juneteenth is a celebration of history many Americas tried to hide | Social views
The Patriot-News· 4 days agoJuneteenth celebrations are sprouting up all over Pennsylvania just like in the rest of the nation....
David Oyelowo on playing justice seekers, peacekeepers and men on a mission
NPR· 3 days agoMOSLEY: You had to recreate, based on probably historical documents, other people in order to make a composite...had to spend a lot of time researching. OYELOWO: Yeah. You know, as you do your ...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
'I think the struggle to overturn that system was worth it'; Juneteenth honors freedom, continued...
ABC17 NEWS· 3 days agoJuneteenth has only been a federal holiday since 2021, following a decades-long movement to recognize the end of slavery in the U.S. Regennia Williams, Ph.D., started diving ...
Journey to Juneteenth: One man’s passion to educate and preserve Black history in Thomasville
WCTV Tallahassee· 3 days agoBlack History Museum in Thomasville is a trip through African American history. Each illustrates a...
