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Community, history and remembrance: Juneteenth events throughout the Hudson Valley
Gannett via AOL· 6 hours agoRecognized as a federal holiday since 2020, Juneteenth commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States, when news of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation ...
Here are 12 Juneteenth events around South Jersey
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the abolition of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863,...
Thousands of Navajos died on the 'Long Walk.' Their descendants still seek the truth
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“That is when we became another occupation of the American colonial government. We are still under...
10 Days of Juneteenth Jubilee returns to Corpus Christi for seventh year
KIII Corpus Christi· 3 days agoJuneteenth is an important day, not only in America's history, but also in Texas history. Back in...
Five Council Bluffs students to attend national history contest
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 1 day agoCouncil Bluffs sure has some outstanding history students. In fact, five of them will soon travel to...
Flint Juneteenth celebrations aim to cultivate culture, history and pride
MLive.com· 6 days agoGen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told slaves of their emancipation -- two and a...
Turning STEM majors into educators to tackle a teacher shortage — and a ‘disconnect’
WUSF 89.7· 2 days agoHeavy oak doors adorned with wrought iron hinges make the entryway to this historic structure look...
Zinn Education Project
The Raw Story· 2 days agoThe Bill of Rights Institute (BRI) is the education arm of the network of front groups the Koch brothers use to promote their far-right ideology. Maureen Costello, the < ...
Where to celebrate and honor Juneteenth around the St. Louis metro
KSDK St. Louis· 4 days agoLouis City, County and the Metro East to honor the holiday. What is Juneteenth? This was two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia. Granger's announcement ...
Letters for June 7: Can the judge who oversaw the hush money case really be impartial?
The Virginian-Pilot· 17 hours agoAt this time the most powerful man in the free world is not our president, not the members of the...