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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 8 hours 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...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 12 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States ...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee discusses her work to solidify the holiday
NPR· 39 minutes agoOpal Lee, an activist for the Juneteenth holiday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee about the holiday she worked hard to solidify.
‘Juneteenth is a special day’: DC celebrates the holiday with a block party - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 48 minutes agoA Juneteenth celebration in Northeast, D.C., on Wednesday put the focus on wellness and community....
On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
Los Angeles Times· 1 hour agoThe Equal Justice Initiative, a criminal justice reform nonprofit, invoked the Juneteenth holiday —...
Gov. Phil Murphy announces new NJ clemency initiative on Juneteenth holiday
The Record· 58 minutes agoThe governor said the initiative was a way to ensure that the justice process is fairer and more...
Some cooling centers in NYC closed for Juneteenth holiday amid scorching heat
CBS News· 32 minutes agoAs New York City grapples with scorching heat, more than 200 cooling centers were closed Wednesday...