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Historian highlights Juneteenth’s ties to Colorado history that are often overlooked
Summit Daily News· 1 day agoPresident Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, a promise to free all enslaved African...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 2 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth - And Response
The Chattanoogan· 2 days agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation< ...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoIt is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation...
Gov. Holcomb issues proclamation in celebration of Juneteenth
ABC57 South Bend· 2 days agoIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced on Wednesday that he has signed a proclamation officially declaring June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth in Indiana. The holiday celebrates ...
Here’s the biggest news you missed
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoToday, the holiday is an opportunity for education about America's history with slavery and reckoning with that legacy. What happened in the news today? Louisiana is the first state to require ...
Juneteenth: Understanding the hard road to freedom
WCBI Columbus· 1 day agoJuneteenth is more than just a time of celebration. “It was like open season on African Americans.” Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation< ...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 2 days agoAlthough Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has been a federal...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Juneteenth: Historian sheds light on emancipation in Florida
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"You can begin when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and it went into effect on...
