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EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 11 hours agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 2 hours agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 31 minutes agoRobert E. Lee surrendered and the Union Army won the Civil War, and more than two years after then-U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation...
What's open and what's closed in NYC on Juneteenth?
CBS News· 4 hours agoCity. What is the meaning of Juneteenth? Juneteenth is observed to mark the day that the last enslaved people in the United States received notice of the...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth
The Chattanoogan· 41 minutes agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ...
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The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 4 hours agoIt marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed slaves in Texas that they...
Six Masterpieces to Celebrate Juneteenth
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoFrom its beginnings as a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln sung in 1900 by 500 black schoolchildren in segregated Florida, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”...
VOICES: For Juneteenth, read the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation
Dayton Daily News· 5 hours agoEditor’s Note: On January 1, 1863 and three years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln...
