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Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
KABC 7 Los Angeles· 5 days agoLee was 12 years old. It was 74 years after enslaved Black people in the U.S. found out they were...
Are banks and the post office open on Juneteenth 2024?
NBC Washington· 7 days agoThe U.S. government was slow to embrace the occasion — it was only in 2021 that President Joe Biden...
New York Juneteenth weather update
Newsweek· 5 days agoNew Yorkers can expect hot weather today as they mark Juneteenth, with a high of 83 degrees Fahrenheit. The low will be around 73 F, and the evening will...
Our Fourth of July: Celebrating Emancipation in the Salt City
The Post-Standard· 6 days agoWhile references to this joyful day seem ubiquitous these days, for many, President Biden’s signing...
Juneteenth gains in popularity and so does making money from it
Axios· 5 days agoState of play: The rapid commercialization of Juneteenth comes as some states pass laws limiting the...
Here’s why NYC public schools will be closed on Wednesday, June 19
Staten Island Advance· 6 days agoNew York City public school students won’t need to head to campus on Wednesday, June 19, as they...
The Juneteenth flag is flying over Milwaukee right now. What is it, and what does it represent?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth an official federal holiday. It has...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
Today· 5 days agoOn that date in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform 250,000...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 5 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
