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The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoBut that freedom did not come immediately, as the Civil War continued on and Union soldiers went...
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War and the...
Early version of Black Pride brought US a step closer to Juneteenth | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell News Service· 9 hours agoAbout 30 years before the Civil War, David Walker went viral. The son of a free mother and an...
Replacing Taxes With Tariffs Would Take Us Back to the 1800s
New Republic· 6 hours agoCongress tried to revive the Civil War income tax in 1894, but the Supreme Court ruled it...
Is the post office closed on Juneteenth? Here's what's open on Wednesday.
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 39 minutes agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19, commemorating the day when the last...
Festivals, concerts, workshops and more: How the tri-state is celebrating Juneteenth
NBC New York· 40 minutes agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been...
Actor Morgan Freeman derides Black History Month: 'My history is American history'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoActor Morgan Freeman once again derided the idea of a Black History Month while discussing his...
LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTYLER, Texas (KETK) – Next Wednesday is June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that commemorates Black people being freed from slavery after the Civil...
'Honey in the Rock' returns to Grandview theater Tuesday night - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 25 minutes agoTheater West Virginia is bringing back its production of “Honey in the Rock” Tuesday evening. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Cliffside Ampitheater in Grandview. Theater WV General ...
Remembering the day Jackie Robinson played in Raleigh, breaking the city’s race barrier
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo Sports· 7 hours agoRaleigh embraced the sport shortly after the Civil War, when Union soldiers would challenge all...