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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMany schools around the nation do not teach students about Juneteenth or other important events in...
What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday, arrives next week. The day commemorates the day...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 7 hours agoGen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had freed enslaved ...
Essay winners: Juneteenth lets us remember nation's past while striving for better future
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoJust a few months prior, Abraham Lincoln had announced the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing those...
Here are 8 ways to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday in Springfield
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoJuneteenth is Wednesday, June 19. The national holiday honors the day all enslaved people learned of...
Attend these Juneteenth events at Augusta Museum of History
News 12 Augusta· 2 hours agoJuneteenth is right around the corner, and in honor of the day, the Augusta Museum of History is...
In Galveston, one Juneteenth story is a family affair
Houston Chronicle· 12 hours agoWord of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued in January 1863, had absolutely reached Texas before...
Throwback Thursday: The history of Juneteenth - WNKY News 40 Television
WNKY· 1 day agoThis week, Throwback Thursday takes a deep dive into the history of Black Independence Day in our...
For Juneteenth, visit these sites to learn about Black history in Austin
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 day agoYet it is helpful to reflect on that history more directly as we reflect upon the meaning of...