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How Juneteenth was commemorated across the QCA
OurQuadCities· 5 days agoJuneteenth recognizes the true emancipation of all remaining enslaved people on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation...
20 books by Black authors you should read this Juneteenth
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEven though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, not all enslaved people were...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 3 days agoOn “Juneteenth,” I heard the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, read over the radio, and it was inspiring to hear the words of the document...
I'll Always Wear My Hoodies
Level Man via Yahoo News· 15 hours ago(She’d earlier shaded her zebra-skin skirt by making a reference to The Lion King.) “Didn’t the Emancipation Proclamation free us from headrags,” she had...
The first Juneteenth Jubilee Breakfast celebrates freedom and diversity
KIMT Mason City· 5 days agoROCHESTER, Minn.-On June 19th, 1865, Union Troops freed Black Americans from slavery two and a half...
Commemorating Juneteenth around Greater New Orleans and virtually
WGNO via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEfforts to free enslaved African Americans began on Jan. 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln...
Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 6 days agoToday we celebrate Juneteenth, the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the farthest outpost in America. Many people do not realize...
EDITORIAL: Juneteenth celebrates liberty
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 19—Juneteenth is all about emancipation — freedom. For Black Americans, Juneteenth is as much about liberty as the Fourth of July. While the Emancipation Proclamation ...
OTHERS SAY: Still work to do | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 days agoArmy Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, telling the people of the westernmost...
Rye celebrates Juneteenth with day of service at town’s African American Cemetery
KLAX-TV· 2 days agoJuneteenth marks the 1865 emancipation of the last group of enslaved people, who were in Texas, 2.5...