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Local organizer explains origins of Juneteenth
WIBW Topeka· 5 days agoThe newest federal holiday recognized by the United States government, Juneteenth, has a storied history. “Major Granger after the Civil War went to the...
Author Courtney Albon | Army Times
Army Times· 3 days agoCourtney Albon is C4ISRNET’s space and emerging technology reporter. During that time, she reported on some of the Defense Department’s most significant...
TRIO Destination College students recognized at banquet
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 19 hours agoLake Land’s TRIO Destination College programs provide high school and junior high students with...
Commemorating Juneteenth around Greater New Orleans and virtually
WGNO via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoFrom that day on, Black Union soldiers marched onto plantations in the Confederate States to spread...
Lodi woman and her cousin killed in plane crash
Lodi News-Sentinel, Calif. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJun. 14—The Lodi Police Department's Partners team lost one of its members in a plane crash near Lake Tahoe this week. Gabrielle Singer said her mother Nannette, 80, was identified by the Alpine ...
What is Juneteenth? Here's what's open and closed, plus events in Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times· 7 days agoIn June, the United States will celebrate the date aptly described as our country’s second...
Louisiana Congressional Republicans back failed plan to return racist statue to Arlington Cemetery
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 1 day agoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise last week led the rest of Louisiana’s...
Celebration of freedom - The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald· 10 hours agoWhile the roots of Juneteenth are found in Texas, this federal holiday that commemorates the end of...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Star David Oyelowo on the Character’s Branding: It Represents the...
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDavid Oyelowo plays the title character in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the true story of a man who...
