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UCFS column: Bringing awareness to intersectionality - Juneteenth and Pride Month
The Bulletin via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoJuneteenth (Freedom Day) commemorates the liberation of Black Americans in the United States. On...
Sacramento’s Juneteenth events feature The 1619 Project creator at Oak Park’s Guild Theater
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 6 hours agoPresident Joe Biden signed Juneteenth National Independence Day into law to commemorate the end of...
It’s time for South Carolina to finally recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday | Opinion
The State McClatchy via AOL· 2 hours agoState Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, has introduced several bills to make Juneteenth an SC state...
Is the stock market closed on Juneteenth? Will the post office be open?
Market Watch· 1 day agoJuneteenth has been observed in Black communities since as far back as the 19th century, and it...
Is Publix open for Juneteenth? Is there mail delivery on the federal holiday? What to know
Tallahassee Democrat· 1 day agoJuneteeth is a day that commemorates when slavery finally ended in the United States, 2½½ years...
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN via AOL· 7 hours ago“Prior to the war starting she had a vision,” Wyatt said. Two years after the Combahee Ferry Raid...
Kevin Lindsey on Juneteenth and the importance of remembering our stories
MPR News· 21 hours agoIt marks the date on June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black Americans in Texas finally learned of their...
Are banks, post offices open on Juneteenth? Here's what's open, closed in Texas
Austin American-Statesman· 1 day agoThis event occurred two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth...
What's Juneteenth and what's open, closed? Here's what Augusta-area residents need to know
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoWhy do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865...
The biggest Juneteenth celebration in Washington is in Tacoma. Expect live music, food
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIt became a federal holiday in 2021. The festival will honor, celebrate and show respect for Black...