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Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 4 days agoIt is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation...
ACPL’s Rolland Center for Lincoln Research holds Juneteenth celebrations
21Alive Fort Wayne· 4 days agoOn Wednesday, the Allen County Public Library’s (ACPL) Rolland Center for Lincoln Research held activities at the Main Library and Grabill branch celebrating Juneteenth. The ...
Historian highlights Juneteenth’s ties to Colorado history that are often overlooked
Summit Daily News· 4 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, a promise to free all enslaved African...
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 5 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth - And Response (2)
The Chattanoogan· 4 days agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate· 5 days agoHere’s a look at how it came to be. Texas was the last state where it was being practiced, and...
From emancipation to remembrance: Bristol confronts its painful past
WCYB NBC 5· 4 days agoWednesday was June 19, also known as Juneteenth. It marks the day when word of the Emancipation ...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoProclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865. Texas was the western-most Confederate state. Although President
Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 4 days agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...