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Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhat does that Mean? Let’s get to it. In 1865, enslaved Americans were freed. President Lincoln’s ...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth celebrates freedom. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed...
Commemorating Juneteenth around Greater New Orleans and virtually
WGNO via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEfforts to free enslaved African Americans began on Jan. 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln...
June 18, 2024 - Juneteenth and the Mars Symphony
GBH News· 5 days agoIn this context, Kerri Greenidge, Associate Professor in history in the Department of Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts ...
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 5 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...
David Oyelowo on playing justice seekers, peacekeepers and men on a mission
NPR· 5 days 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.
Opinion: Juneteenth is a reminder of how far we've come
Yakima Herald-Republic· 2 days agoJuneteenth memorializes June 19, 1865, the day word of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation ...
Juneteenth: What is it; what to know about the holiday that celebrates slavery’s end
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 7 days agoCommunities across the country will mark the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that they, and...
Another year without SC Juneteenth recognition, where Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated
The Post and Courier· 2 days agoOn the U.S. Naval Hospital grounds adjoining the old Fort Frederick stands a grand live oak. Under...
How Juneteenth was commemorated across the QCA
OurQuadCities· 4 days agoJuneteenth recognizes the true emancipation of all remaining enslaved people on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation...