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Alabama lawmaker to push for permanent Juneteenth state holiday again
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 4 days agoWhile Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed it a state holiday...
Juneteenth Programming: What’s On TV & Streaming Platforms To Commemorate Holiday
Deadline via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA number of networks, streamers and platforms have programming planned to celebrate Juneteenth...
History behind Juneteenth, how and why it became a federal holiday
KOAA5· 4 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States and stems from an event in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops ...
Juneteenth poet encourages celebration of the historic holiday and to spread positivity with words
Fox local via AOL· 4 days agoThe poet of "Juneteenth," which is displayed at the Phoenix Children's Museum, is a teenager who also has her work displayed in Las Vegas and Miami. She encourages all people ...
South Bend residents come together to 'ring with harmonies of Liberty' at Juneteenth event
South Bend Tribune· 1 day agoThe celebration was for Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks June 19, 1865, the day enslaved...
Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth became an official federal holiday when President Joe Biden signed a bill on June 17,...
Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Juneteenth 2024
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoJuneteenth became a federal holiday just three years ago, so there’s still a lot of confusion about its impact on people’s day-to-day lives. If you’re...
Juneteenth: A holiday for our forgetfulness
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoJuneteenth, only solidified as an American federal holiday three years ago, remembers the effective “end” of slavery in our own state, when Maj. Gen....
Harvard study: Feds well-positioned to provide slavery reparations
The Day· 6 hours agoWhen President Joe Biden proclaimed Wednesday as Juneteenth Day of Observance, he called on...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWednesday will not be the first observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the first time...