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Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Tallahassee Democrat· 5 days agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day,...
Celebrate this steamy summer solstice inside at after-hour Smithsonian Museum events
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 5 days agoThe summer solstice is right around the corner and is showering us with abundant sunlight and...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
WWSB Sarasota· 4 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War,
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoIn a striking fusion of history and art, an artist has breathed new life into a Civil Rights-era...
Celebrate summer with 'Solstice Saturday' at the Smithsonian
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 5 days agoThe celebration, in collaboration with the Hofstra University Department of Physics and Astronomy,...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
What's open and closed for Juneteenth in Iowa?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth is Wednesday, June 19, and the holiday commemorates the day enslaved African Americans in Texas were finally ...
Spike Lee among National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award honorees
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoRussell T. Wigginton, museum president, cited Lee's "iconic storytelling." “So much about...
How Do You Rest in a Culture of Overwork?
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoA clip of the tense interaction quickly went viral on...media, as Black users in particular took up Waters’ assertion as a mantra for how they’ve had to...
Ouachita Parish’s NAACP president speaks on the history of Juneteenth National Independence Day
NBC 10 - FOX 14 Monroe· 4 days agoOUACHITA PARISH (KTVE/KARD) – Each year, on June 19, Juneteenth National Independence Day is...