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Galveston Island drowning: 17-year-old swimmer from Louisiana dies
FOX 26 Houston· 1 day agoA 17-year-old drowned after going missing in the water at Galveston Island on Friday afternoon.
Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 4 days agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Hazard community celebrates Juneteenth
WYMT Eastern Kentucky· 4 days agoOrganizers with Southeast Kentucky African-American Museum and Cultural Center, Hazard Community and Technical College and others hosted the event. ”In ...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 3 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
College Soccer: ETBU's Crawford adds Burke as assistant coach
The Marshall News Messenger· 1 hour agoBringing a former player back to help with the program, East Texas Baptist University Head Men’s...
The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in ...
Tropical downpours won't stop annual Juneteenth celebration at Ashton Villa in Galveston
ABC13 Houston· 4 days agoTropical downpours weren't expected to stop the city of Galveston's annual Juneteenth celebration. ...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? |...
ABC 6 Providence· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Black leaders reflect on Juneteenth nearly 160 years after Galveston enslaved were freed
The Hill· 4 days agoAlthough President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it took...