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David Oyelowo on playing justice seekers, peacekeepers and men on a mission
NPR· 14 hours agoI'm Tonya Mosley. Today marks Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slavery ended in Texas, 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
Groups celebrate Juneteenth across Indianapolis
WTHR Indianapolis· 5 hours agoJune 19, 1865 marked the end of slavery in the United States with the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas. This year, the Juneteenth...
A trip through time to the Dallas communities created by Freedmen
CBS News· 4 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were...
Observing Juneteenth with the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
WLRN Miami· 1 day agoFor Juneteenth on Morning Edition, professor Nathan Connolly reflects on the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation, and NPR staff voice the document in its entirety.
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoJuneteenth celebrates freedom. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth - And Response
The Chattanoogan· 11 hours agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ...
Commemorating Juneteenth, community gathers downtown Springfield to highlight history
Gannett via AOL· 4 hours agoA federally recognized holiday since 2021, the day marks the anniversary in 1865 when news of the ...
Some say Juneteenth is ‘a day just as important as the Fourth of July’
WFLA via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoThis was two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It’s part...
LARRY KUDLOW: Donald Trump is pulling together a working-class coalition of all colors and stripes
FOX Business· 5 hours agoToday is Juneteenth, which celebrates the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation that...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 11 hours agoAlthough Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has been a federal...
