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Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 5 hours agoJune 19 marks the day in 1865 when roughly 250,000 still-enslaved African Americans in Galveston,...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
Juneteenth: What to know about newest federal holiday and if mail comes Wednesday
Axios· 8 hours agoWhy it matters: The day celebrating Black emancipation from enslavement gained traction in 2020 amid discussions of racial injustice following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. President ...
Juneteenth festivities: Celebrations happening across Southern California
KTLA articles via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoBlack Americans across the country will celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, with events including...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue· 5 hours agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law,...
What's open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 9 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest federal holiday in 2021. Here's what’s open and closed on...
What you may not know about the ‘Father of Juneteenth’ Al Edwards
theGrio via AOL· 11 hours agoAl Edwards, known to many as the “Father of Juneteenth,” masterminded the legislative victory....
Juneteenth gains in popularity and so does making money from it
Axios· 8 hours agoState of play: The rapid commercialization of Juneteenth comes as some states pass laws limiting the...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 9 hours agoThe momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight,...
Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. commemorate the abolition of slavery
Scripps News via AOL· 6 hours ago-and-a-half years later, on June 19, 1865, union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced...