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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Juneteenth celebration in University City highlights African American culture
WSOC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth became the 12th national holiday which recognizes when slaves in Texas learned the ...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Recognizing This Significant Day in History—Here Are 50 Quotes to Better Understand Juneteenth
Parade via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt was first celebrated in Texas on June 19th, 1866 to commemorate the end of slavery and enslaved...
Black history is American history. Juneteenth memorializes African American triumphs
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCraig previously served two terms in the Ohio House and seven years on Columbus City Council. On...
Juneteenth celebration highlights Black chefs, restaurants nationwide
CBS News· 6 days agoFood is a significant part of the Juneteenth celebration, a federal holiday that commemorates the...
Credit Where It’s Due: A Juneteenth Tribute to Soaps’ Groundbreaking Black Characters
SheKnows· 6 days agoDay in 1983. Ever since, June 19 has been recognized as the anniversary of the end of slavery in the...
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAt Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, Wednesday is their big day. The historic building is now filled...
Fifth annual Junteenth celebration held in Town Jubilee
KTVU via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMany people believe slavery ended in one swoop when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, but for those in Confederate states such ...