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What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024 | CNN Business
CNN.com· 6 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
WJXT Jacksonville· 6 days agoIt was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the missing piece of my...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Students raise flag in honor of the national Juneteenth holiday
KPBS San Diego· 6 days ago“Juneteenth is a special holiday that celebrates the freedom of African Americans from slavery,"...
This Juneteenth, it’s time for Biden to honor the federal holiday he created by ending forced labor
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe best way to finally end slavery in America is to remove the slavery exception from the...
Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers,...
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days ago(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoBut it’s 2024. It’s time. 1. Freedom is free. Because if freedom isn’t free, you owe us some reparations. I’m just saying. Michael Harriot is a writer,...
'Freedom Never Dies': New children's book spells out life, activism of Harry and Harriette Moore
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 7 days agohistory being taught," Colucci said. "As a national board certified social studies teacher, as...
National historian, Maine leaders discuss need to better understand our ‘hard histories’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCivil rights historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries said Americans love nostalgia, not history. Nostalgia is...
Why Is the Juneteenth Flag Blue and Red? A Guide to Understanding the Juneteenth Flag
Parade via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe colors of the flag are similar to the United States flag because all Americans are able to...