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President Biden appears to freeze at White House Juneteenth event
Fox News via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoPresident Biden, 81, appeared to freeze at a White House celebration for Juneteenth on Monday,...
Chauncey Billups, Bow Wow to appear at Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery, was designated a federal holiday in 2021. A...
Juneteenth celebration is five days
Odessa American· 11 hours ago“We’re committed to our past and shaping our future,” Joann Davenport Littleton with the Black Cultural Council of Odessa said. Made a federal holiday in...
Folsom man is part of a movement to make Juneteenth a paid holiday in California cities
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe Juneteenth holiday bill brought by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, D-South ...California...
Why Juneteenth, the U.S.'s Second Independence Day, Is a Federal Holiday
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoJuneteenth quickly gained traction across the country, with 59 percent of American adults reporting that they knew “a lot” or “some” about the holiday in ...
NPU makes Juneteenth a paid holiday
The Day· 12 hours agoCommissioners held a brief special meeting Monday and voted to authorize NPU General Manager Chris LaRose to negotiate with the utilities’ three labor unions to make June 19 a paid ...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA Juneteenth celebration in 2022 in San Francisco. Liu Yilin/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images...
Juneteenth Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 6 days agoJuneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first...
Juneteenth celebrations happening around Baltimore
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 2 days agoSeveral events are scheduled across Baltimore in celebration of Juneteenth.
How to Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
PureWow via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth (also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day or Emancipation Day) is a day to honor and celebrate liberation. Today, the holiday celebrates Black...