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Here's a list of 2024 Juneteenth events planned in central Indiana
WTHR Indianapolis· 5 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day – June 19, 1865 – when enslaved people in Galveston ...
2024 Juneteenth celebrations in Charlotte
WUNC Chapel Hill· 6 hours agoNext Wednesday is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the formal abolition of slavery for the last enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865. In 2021, the U.S. Congress ...
Folsom man is part of a movement to make Juneteenth a paid holiday in California cities
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 12 hours agoThree years ago, President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth National Independence Day into law to...
Admission is free ahead of Juneteenth at these Indiana State Museum historical sites
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoThe Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites is offering free admission Saturday at all locations in...
Cornelius Park selected for this years Juneteenth celebration
Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoJun. 11—ASHTABULA — Juneteenth will be hosted at Lance Corporal Kevin Cornelius Memorial Park on Saturday, a celebration honoring the liberation of over 250,000 African-Americans ...
White House Hits Back at Republicans Over Biden’s Juneteenth ‘Freeze’
The Daily Beast· 8 hours agoThe White House hit back at Republicans after footage of President Joe Biden appearing to freeze...
Juneteenth at WH: ‘Black history is American history’
WDVM via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoWASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A celebration was held on the White House Front Lawn to honor Juneteenth, the...
LIST: Juneteenth events in West Michigan 2024
WOOD via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas were the last to receive news that they...
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle join Biden for early Juneteenth celebration on White House lawn
NBC Washington· 13 hours agoPresident Joe Biden celebrated the Juneteenth holiday early with a Monday concert on the White House...
Pittsburgh council votes to fund 2nd Juneteenth celebration
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 13 hours agoJust three days before Juneteenth’s kickoff event, City Council members voted unanimously to...
