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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 6 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...
Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoOne of her most important lessons? Overcoming America’s past is everyone’s responsibility....
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 6 days agoMany Americans have celebrated it annually for more than a century, even though the holiday was not...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 6 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what’s open and closed on ...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
KREM.com Spokane· 7 days agoSince it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized...
Understanding history of Juneteenth; federal holiday since 2021
WITI via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth recognizes the struggles of our past and looks with hope to the future. Matthew Goss was...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Juneteenth is now just another holiday – you can tell by the merch
Maryland Matters via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth has been unable to escape the inevitable – commercialization. An online search for ...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoSo what is the origin of Juneteenth, how did it become a holiday and how can you celebrate it? What is Juneteenth? On 19 June 1865 - ...
Alabama lawmaker to push for permanent Juneteenth state holiday again
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 5 days agoWhile Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed it a state holiday...