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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 Programming: What’s On TV & Streaming Platforms To Commemorate Holiday
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA number of networks, streamers and platforms have programming planned to celebrate Juneteenth...
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...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated?
WJXT Jacksonville· 3 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Village Initiative celebrates Juneteenth in Williamsburg with music, parade, food and dance
Daily Press· 10 hours agoHorns were blown, drums were beaten, and freedom was celebrated Wednesday on the lawn of the...
'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 ...
Alabama lawmaker to push for permanent Juneteenth state holiday again
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 1 day agoWhile Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed it a state holiday...
‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival...
The Boston Globe· 9 hours agoWilkerson reflected on the fraught narrative surrounding Juneteenth and its origins. Juneteenth, the...
Senator Markey champions Juneteenth federal holiday and criticizes Supreme Court's conservative...
GBH News· 3 days agoMassachusetts Senator Ed Markey was one of the lead sponsors of the bill that established Juneteenth...
...Candidate Tells Black Americans to Leave the U.S. If They Don't Like the Country, Calls ...
Atlanta Black Star· 10 hours agoA Republican candidate in the state of Missouri posted a video on her social media pages belittling the holiday of Juneteenth and firing off her criticisms ...