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Stacker via AOL· 8 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
KLEK to host 7th annual Juneteenth celebration in Jonesboro - Talk Business & Politics
Talk Business & Politics· 3 hours agoSeveral years ago KLEK co-founder LaGanzie Kale and others with the organization had a decision to make. The founder of the Juneteenth celebration in Jonesboro passed away, and now they would have to take...
Clyde Heritage League to dedicate overdue headstone for man who escaped slavery
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoJune 19 is Juneteenth, or Juneteenth National Independence Day, commemorating the day in 1865 when...
Flint Juneteenth celebrations aim to cultivate culture, history and pride
MLive.com· 2 days agoGen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told slaves of their emancipation -- two and a...
New headstone at Jacksonville University bears name of Civil War vet born into slavery
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 7 days agoHe served in the 33rd Infantry of the U.S. Colored Troops, and after the fighting he moved to...
Braceville man’s fictional story tells plight of slaves
Tribune Chronicle· 17 hours agoIn 1799, Belgium’s King Leopold sent a small, but heavily armed Belgian force into the Congo and went from village to village taking men and women hostage. Asaba, a tribal leader in his Congo ...
12 ways to commemorate Juneteenth in Connecticut
Stamford Advocate· 6 hours agoConnecticut towns and cities like West Haven, Stamford and East Hartford are hosting Juneteenth celebrations to commemorate the end of slavery in the...
When is Juneteenth? Here’s why and how the holiday is celebrated
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe news came two and half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, and more than two months after Confederate ...
Juneteenth, Ozarks Pridefest and 20+ other things to do around Springfield this June
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoHeld this year on June 19, Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the day all enslaved people...
Colonial Williamsburg offers free admission for Juneteenth events
WAVY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn June 19, 1865 thousands of enslaved people learned they had been emancipated when Union forces...