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Juneteenth: What it is and how to celebrate it
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoYour kids will have a day off from school and, if you work, you may be off from work. This will leave you time to celebrate. Here’s a...On June 17,2021...
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Pay Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Town & Country· 3 days agoOn Monday, the King and Queen of the Netherlands began their four-day visit to the U.S. in Atlanta,...
King and queen of the Netherlands pay tribute to MLK during visit to Atlanta
FOX 23 News Albany· 3 days agoATLANTA (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands began a four-day tour of the U.S. on Monday in...
Juneteenth 2024 in Fort Myers: Recognizing "a great milestone"
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDay. The holiday traces its origin to Galveston, Texas where Union soldiers arrived on June 19, 1865...
Mayor Johnson to lead first annual "Juneteenth Walk to the River" on Juneteenth morning
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThose looking to commemorate Juneteenth National Independence Day on the morning of June 19 have a...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
55 empowering Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
The Today Show via AOL· 3 days agoThe annual holiday is observed in recognition of June 19, 1865, the historic day in which Major...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WUSF 89.7· 3 days agoThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence....
James Lawson, Civil Rights Activist and MLK’s Chief Strategist, Dies at 95
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.'s family, Chef José Andrés, Cornel West and numerous others mourn the...
White House to host Juneteenth concert
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBiden in 2021 signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act proclaiming June 19, the official date of the end of slavery, as a federal-level...