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Black history is American history. Juneteenth memorializes African American triumphs
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCraig previously served two terms in the Ohio House and seven years on Columbus City Council. On...
Recognizing This Significant Day in History—Here Are 50 Quotes to Better Understand Juneteenth
Parade via AOL· 3 days agoIt was first celebrated in Texas on June 19th, 1866 to commemorate the end of slavery and enslaved...
EDITORIAL: Juneteenth celebrates liberty
The Valdosta Daily Times· 4 days agoJuneteenth is all about emancipation — freedom. For Black Americans, Juneteenth is as much about liberty as the Fourth of July. While the Emancipation & ...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
ByGone Muncie: The memorable Emancipation Day celebration of 1898
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoJuneteenth is one of the nation’s oldest holidays, despite only being named a federal one in 2021....
How Juneteenth was commemorated across the QCA
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth recognizes the true emancipation of all remaining enslaved people on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 2 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
Juneteenth poet encourages celebration of the historic holiday and to spread positivity with words
FOX 10 Phoenix· 2 days agoPHOENIX - Today is Juneteenth, a celebration of a pivotal moment in American history. On June 19th,...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 3 days agoAfter 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious ...
Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 — a day more than two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the ...
