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Belpre Historical Society hosts Juneteenth open house
The Marietta Times· 16 hours agoDisplays and stories from the Emancipation Proclamation Celebrations of the Ohio River Valley were...
True Vision Church honors pastor who led push for Juneteenth
San Antonio Express-News· 12 hours agoAmong long rows of white markers, the Rev. Sherman Clifton Byrd lies at rest at Fort Sam Houston...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
Photos: Juneteenth Anchorage citywide celebration
Anchorage Daily News· 15 hours ago“Juneteenth to me means celebrating our freedom and recognizing how far we have come as a community, and the excitement and the opportunities where we...
Here are 8 ways to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday in Springfield
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth is Wednesday, June 19. The national holiday honors the day all enslaved people learned of...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoGen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had freed enslaved ...
Interview: Lyndsay Burch and Elizabeth Baidoo on the First Annual JUNETEENTH ART WALK
Broadway World· 14 hours agoIt commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and the June 19, 1865 enforcement of the ...
Here’s what to know, where to go for Opal’s Walk on Juneteenth
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoOpal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, will lead the community on June 19 in her annual 2.5-mile...
Opal Lee Now Holds Ownership Of A Texas Property That Was Once Stripped From Her Family By Racist...
AfroTech via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPioneer Opal Lee has received the keys to her new home. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, in 1939,...
Juneteenth 2024: Outdoor events, 5K, Black business showcase honor holiday in Binghamton
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoIn 2021, Juneteenth was signed as a federal holiday, the first approved holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. Juneteenth is a day to celebrate the freedom of...