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Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Kansas City Star via AOL· 11 hours agoThe very notion of Juneteenth, he said, “is kind of a new thing for the country in a lot of ways.”...
Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press· 2 days ago...ALENE — When Kitara Johnson-Jones arrived at the Human RightsEducation Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene and saw the “Love Lives Here...commemorates...
Before Juneteenth
The Atlantic· 5 days agoIt took place in New Orleans in the summer of 1864 to celebrate the day of liberation for the enslaved people living in the 13 Louisiana parishes...
Here’s the biggest news you missed
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoToday, the holiday is an opportunity for education about America's history with slavery and reckoning with that legacy. What happened in the news today? Louisiana is the..
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 3 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after...
Museums, libraries and more: What's open and closed on Juneteenth in Chicago?
NBC Chicago· 3 days agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed —...
Wichitans share the significance of Juneteenth
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo News· 7 days ago(KSNW) – Juneteenth is known as a day of freedom. It signifies the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery more than two...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 2 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after...
Juneteenth Explained: What Is the Holiday, Why Was It Created and How Should It Be Celebrated?
Skanner· 3 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham
Letters: Gov. J.B. Pritzker should pay attention to his own state
Chicago Tribune· 12 hours agoHas Pritzker had so many achievements that have dramatically improved our state and the lives of our...