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The Root· 1 day agoMuch like cornrows, hips, lips, asses and black men who play basketball, white people love some Martin Luther King Jr. Once a year, they ...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoRev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been planning a Poor People’s ...to the date’s significance, and...
City of Deltona marks first Juneteenth celebration with installation of MLK bust
Daytona Beach News-Journal· 2 days agoThe City of Deltona plans to celebrate its first official Juneteenth commemoration as a municipality...
Living history: meeting the 'Mother of Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day'
WITI via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoDrive. "I often think of Jan Kemp...Henningsen. "It was like, y’all come. We’re going to celebrate...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 21 hours agoIt was the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr Day was established in 1983. Among the campaigners ...
Juneteenth: What it is and how to celebrate it
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt is America’s newest holiday, following up from Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which was declared in 1983, according ...
Juneteenth in Naples: a great day to "understand and celebrate"
Naples Daily News· 7 days agoThis Saturday, two events across Collier and Lee County will celebrate the most recently adopted federal holiday: Juneteenth. President Joe Biden signed...National Independence ...
Juneteenth 2024 in Fort Myers: Recognizing "a great milestone"
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThis Saturday, two events across Lee and Collier County will celebrate the most recently adopted...
How are federal holidays created?
CBS News· 6 hours agoIt was on that day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas were finally freed — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth, it...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 57 minutes agoWednesday will not be the first official observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the...
