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How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJune 19 (or Juneteenth) is considered Black Independence Day by many in the United States, as it was the day that many enslaved people in Texas were...
Credit Where It’s Due: A Juneteenth Tribute to Soaps’ Groundbreaking Black Characters
SheKnows· 7 days agoBack in 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law,...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Recognizing This Significant Day in History—Here Are 50 Quotes to Better Understand Juneteenth
Parade via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth is a day dedicated to recognizing justice and freedom for African Americans and Black...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoAlabama is one of the states giving their voters the chance to amend the 13th Amendment: the exemption from slavery or involuntary servitude unless your are convicted of a crime. Ironically, ...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA white mob burned down Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas in 1939. She was 12 years old....
In Sacramento, literacy is still a giant hurdle to achieving equality for all | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAfter celebrating the 159th anniversary of Juneteenth, I cannot help but think about how far Black...
Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 6 days agoIn 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man,...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
UPI· 6 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 4 days agoOn “Juneteenth,” I heard the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, read over the radio, and it was inspiring to hear the words of the document...
