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Detroit marks Juneteenth with art and joy at downtown celebration
Detroit Free Press· 8 hours agoOne-and-a-half year-old Brooklyn Phillips probably didn’t know what ground she stood on or why she...
20 books by Black authors you should read this Juneteenth
Fox News via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThese books celebrate Black authors and their unique works. Juneteenth commemorates the day Union...
Winona Celebrates Juneteenth
WKBT La Crosse· 5 hours agoWINONA, Minn (WKBT)-- Juneteenth is a day commemorating when slaves in Galveston, Texas were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. It has ...
Milwaukeeans celebrate Juneteenth at 53rd annual parade and festival
WISN 12 Milwaukee· 9 hours agoMore than 40,000 people celebrated Juneteenth in the streets of Milwaukee on Wednesday. Juneteenth...
Local Black-owned businesses celebrate Juneteenth
KXRM Colorado Springs via Yahoo News· 4 hours ago(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Juneteenth flag waved at the Colorado Capitol on June 19, commemorating the day Union soldiers marched toGalveston, Texas in...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Tropical winds bring surfers to Galveston Island
KRIV via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGALVESTON, Texas - "Came for a good time. Came to swim, came to boogie board. Just have fun," said Shawn Hines. "I live in north Texas, decided to come ...
The Juneteenth flag is full of symbols. Here’s what they mean
CNN via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoSeven years later, the date “June 19, 1865” was added, commemorating the day that Union Army Maj....
FREE specials for Juneteenth holiday on Houston Happens
CW39 NewsFix· 16 hours agoHOUSTON (KIAH) – Today is Juneteenth which marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in ...
Home of Juneteenth hosts scholarship competition to uplift future generations
ABC News· 22 hours agoDonned in gowns and armed with a choreographed dance routine, teens in Galveston, Texas prepare each...
