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Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
Map shows states where Juneteenth is recognized as a public holiday
Newsweek· 3 days agoholiday, named after a contraction of the date "June Nineteenth," commemorates the events of June 19...
Juneteenth is this Wednesday. Here's what will be open, closed in Massachusetts
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoMassachusetts will be honoring Wednesday, June 19, known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday. ...
Marking Juneteenth in N.H. after lawmakers voted against making it astate holiday - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoFor generations, Black Americans have celebrated with parades, festivals, music, and cookouts. The...
Watch Live: Karen Read murder trial continues with focus on John O'Keefe's phone
CBS News· 22 hours agoThe Karen Read murder trial resumes on Thursday with testimony anticipated from a Massachusetts ...
One of Massachusetts' largest Black communities celebrates Juneteenth amid DEI pushback
GBH News· 2 days agoCities and towns across Massachusetts marked Juneteenth on Wednesday. Scorching temperatures pushed what was supposed to be an outdoor celebration indoors ...
Gov. Healey, local electeds mark Juneteenth at Springfield ceremony
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 17 hours agoKicking off the event was 11th Hampden Representative Bud Williams. The Springfield lawmaker’s own efforts to recognize the Juneteenth holiday led to < ...
Beacon Hill marks Juneteenth with calls to protect education, pursue reparations
Boston Herald· 2 days agoYears after Massachusetts and the federal government moved to make Juneteenth an official holiday in...
‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival...
The Boston Globe· 11 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...