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When is Juneteenth? Here’s why and how the holiday is celebrated
The Arizona Republic· 3 days agoJuneteenth may be the nation's youngest federal holiday, but the day has long been a special...
Juneteenth, Ozarks Pridefest and 20+ other things to do around Springfield this June
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoHeld this year on June 19, Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the day all enslaved people...
70+ June Trivia Questions to Kickstart Your Summer Fun
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoFlag Day Why do we celebrate Juneteenth (June 19)? It’s also known as Emancipation Day. On June 19,...
Rhode Island To Celebrate Juneteenth As A State Holiday
Black Enterprise· 1 hour agoRhode Island will celebrate Juneteenth as a state holiday for the first time in its history. In...
New headstone at Jacksonville University bears name of Civil War vet born into slavery
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHe served in the 33rd Infantry of the U.S. Colored Troops, and after the fighting he moved to...
Local historian reflects on life of Salt Lake's Emancipation Day queen
KUTV Salt Lake City· 7 days agoIn 1898, 15-year-old Elnora Dudley was crowned Salt Lake City’s Emancipation Day Queen. Salt Lake’s...
Negro Leagues stats to be added to MLB records. Here's a list of teams from Texas
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThis occurred nearly two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Black people weren’t the only fans of the Negro Leagues, but the games were ...
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoGrant (he attended Grant’s wedding) had no illusions as to what the war was about: slavery. As he recounted in his memoirs, the Emancipation Proclamation
Philip Cross: More turmoil at Statistics Canada
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoPresident Abraham Lincoln’s wartime cabinet: after polling its members, who unanimously rejected the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln concluded: “Seven...
Kentucky governor designates Juneteenth a holiday, bans hairstyle discrimination
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had...
