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Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? - The...
The Morning Sun· 3 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Opal Lee to make appearance at 2024 Tri-County Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant in Temple
KXXV Waco· 1 day agoTEMPLE, Texas (KXXV) — "Her petitioning to get Juneteenth a federal holiday is one of the many things that she accomplished — she's written many books and ...
Texas African American Museum celebrates Juneteenth
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThey hosted a free event open to community members to commemorate the monumental day. “We need more holidays in America, y’all,” said Greg Muckelroy,...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 2 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States ...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoYou may want to call local stores or restaurants you're planning on going to and ask if they'll be open. Why do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves ...
What you may not know about the ‘Father of Juneteenth’ Al Edwards
theGrio via AOL· 2 days ago(Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle...Juneteenth wouldn’t pass federally, like Martin Luther...
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“This delay and the enforcement of the emancipation in Texas was due to a lack of enforcement until...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 2 days agoMs Lee spoke of her "many different feelings" after Congress approved the new federal holiday. "I don't know what to call them all," she said. "I am so...
Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 7 days agoJarvis Johnson, D-Houston, on Wednesday called for Texas to end its commemoration as a state holiday...
Q&A: Retired Army colonel Dwayne Wagner talks about his Juneteenth poem for Military Review
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhen I first heard that it was going to become a federal holiday, I didn't understand because I grew...
