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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Juneteenth advances as state holiday despite enduring opposition
Axios· 2 days agoJuneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 3 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States ...
Why are state offices closed in New Jersey today? There's an explanation
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThen, according to History, as Black people migrated around the country, the tradition of...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Map shows states where Juneteenth is recognized as a public holiday
Newsweek· 4 days agoholiday, named after a contraction of the date "June Nineteenth," commemorates the events of June 19...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
Fox local via AOL· 4 days agoBefore Juneteenth was used as the official title of the holiday, it was often referred to as...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWednesday will not be the first observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the first time...
Juneteenth could become a paid state holiday next year
Anchorage Daily News· 4 days agoThe Alaska Legislature earlier this year passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, a June 19th...