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Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 1 hour agoThe date reflects the timing of the announcement by Union General Gordon Granger in Galveston,...
Juneteenth breakfast held at Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Lenoir
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 17—The NAACP's Juneteenth breakfast was held on Saturday, June 15, to celebrate the end of slavery and the enforcement of emancipation within the United States. The event ...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
Houston Chronicle· 16 minutes agoThat meant he was a soldier who served in a United States Colored Troops regiment that fought for...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 1 day agoMuch like cornrows, hips, lips, asses and black men who play basketball, white people love some Martin Luther King Jr. Once a year, they ...
City of Deltona marks first Juneteenth celebration with installation of MLK bust
Daytona Beach News-Journal· 2 days agoThe City of Deltona plans to celebrate its first official Juneteenth commemoration as a municipality...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Opinion: 6 Books that Explain the History and Meaning of Juneteenth
The 74 via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago‘On Juneteenth’ Combining history and memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth” offers a moving...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoRev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been planning a Poor People’s ...to the date’s significance, and...
Gov. Jeff Landry gives state workers Wednesday off to observe Juneteenth
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLandry issued an executive order at the end of last month directing the heads of state agencies and...
Living history: meeting the 'Mother of Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day'
WITI via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoDrive. "I often think of Jan Kemp...Henningsen. "It was like, y’all come. We’re going to celebrate...