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Are banks, post offices and grocery stores closed for Juneteenth? Here’s what to know
Dallas Morning News· 8 hours agoAmericans will celebrate Juneteenth on Wednesday, which means banks, post offices and other...
Kevin Lindsey on Juneteenth and the importance of remembering our stories
MPR News· 4 hours agoIt marks the date on June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black Americans in Texas finally learned of their...
Is Publix open for Juneteenth? Is there mail delivery on the federal holiday? What to know
Tallahassee Democrat· 9 hours agoJuneteeth is a day that commemorates when slavery finally ended in the United States, 2½½ years...
Chicago mayor establishes ‘Reparations Task Force’
The Hill· 3 hours agoChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to create a task force focused on reparations for the city’s Black residents. As part of the executive order, the task force will ...
Why many government offices are closing Wednesday for Juneteenth
Scripps News via AOL· 6 hours agoThis year marks the fourth time since 2021 that June 19 has been designated a federal holiday by...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoIt commemorates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865. Texas was ...
Juneteenth: What is it; what to know about the holiday that celebrates slavery’s end
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 13 hours agoCommunities across the country will mark the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that they, and...
Is the stock market open on Juneteenth, June 19? Will the post office deliver mail?
Market Watch· 8 hours agoJuneteenth has been observed in Black communities since as far back as the 19th century, and it...
Celebrating Juneteenth in the Midlands
WIS News 10 Columbia· 2 hours agoMany communities across the country and here in the Midlands are celebrating Juneteenth this week. In Columbia, one of many community events celebrating...
Juneteenth celebration is five days
Odessa American· 10 hours ago“We’re committed to our past and shaping our future,” Joann Davenport Littleton with the Black Cultural Council of Odessa said. Made a federal holiday in...
