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Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt was one of the last groups of enslaved people to be emancipated in the United States. The first ...
An African American holiday predating Juneteenth was nearly lost to history. It's back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPinkster is among an array of lesser-known African American holidays, although historians say it is...
Here are 12 Juneteenth events around South Jersey
Courier-Post· 1 day agoEnslaved people in Texas only learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced that the...
Indy Juneteenth Festival set to celebrate 7th year
WISH-TV Indianapolis· 2 days agoJuneteenth has been a federal holiday for four years, but the Indy Juneteenth Festival and Parade will celebrate its seventh year on ...
When is Juneteenth? When does NJ celebrate the holiday?
The Record· 6 days agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, or Emancipation Day, commemorates the end of...
Rhode Island To Celebrate Juneteenth As A State Holiday
Black Enterprise· 6 days agoRhode Island will celebrate Juneteenth as a state holiday for the first time in its history. In...
Albany officials plan Juneteenth celebration
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoALBANY – For the second year in a row, the city of Albany and Dougherty County are teaming up to celebrate the holiday commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States ...
Here’s your guide to Lexington’s upcoming Juneteenth celebration events. See the schedule
Lexington Herald-Leader· 1 day ago“Cadentown, and this school, are part of the history of African Americans in our city and it’s important that we preserve and honor that history,” Gorton said on Tuesday. Also known as Emancipation ...
‘Let Freedom Ring’: Johnson County finalizes plans for annual Juneteenth Celebration
KCTV 5 Kansas City· 1 day agoThis year’s Johnson County Juneteenth Celebration plans are set as county officials, organizations,...
Juneteenth on the Waterfront celebrates Black-owned businesses in San Francisco
KTVU· 4 days agoJuneteenth, several local black-owned businesses came together at the Ferry Terminal Plaza on the...