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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...
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...
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...
Clark County holiday closures: Juneteenth
The Columbian· 3 days agoWhat’s open and what’s closed on the Juneteenth holiday?
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAdvocates sought, again, for leaders to codify the Juneteenth holiday into law, decades after...
As Juneteenth grows and spreads, it's helped all people learn about Black culture
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 hours ago“Before they passed it (as a federal holiday), a lot of people didn’t know what Juneteenth was,” Lindsey said. “I hate to say it but I was one of those ...
Juneteenth is now just another holiday – you can tell by the merch
Oklahoma Voice via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoAn online search for Juneteenth products brings up everything from T-shirts to temporary tattoos,...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFollowing the House's decision, President Biden enacted the legislation the subsequent day. When did...
Gary Franks: Juneteenth – Thanks, but no thanks
Hartford Courant· 1 hour agoThe Black community understands that symbolic gestures, holidays, and the like, may be nice, but mean absolutely nothing. Did the great Black leaders 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...