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Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 hours 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...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 2 hours agoIf white people truly want to celebrate Juneteenth, what better way to honor America’s actual Independence Day than hearing a few uncomfortable truths?...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WKYC Cleveland· 22 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoAfter all, it came months after the Civil War ended and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln.
EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 14 hours agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
Museums, libraries and more: What's open and closed on Juneteenth in Chicago?
NBC Chicago· 8 hours agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed —...
Opinion | In 1858, Lincoln made a mistake. President Biden, don’t make the same one.
Washington Post· 8 hours agoCan he turn the election into a referendum on democracy — and win? The answer might depend on...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 6 hours agoThat act of liberation came more than two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln declared all enslaved people in the rebellious states to be...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 5 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming that enslaved African Americans were...
The Switch Up — The living legacy of Juneteenth
The Hill via AOL· 2 hours agoFor more than 400 years, 15 million Africans were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, according to data from the United Nations. By 1860, when...
