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OTHERS SAY: Still work to do | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 5 days agoArmy Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, telling the people of the westernmost...
June 18, 2024 - Juneteenth and the Mars Symphony
GBH News· 6 days agoIn this context, Kerri Greenidge, Associate Professor in history in the Department of Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts ...
Winona Celebrates Juneteenth
WKBT La Crosse· 5 days agoWINONA, Minn (WKBT)-- Juneteenth is a day commemorating when slaves in Galveston, Texas were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. It has ...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoIt's also the fourth year that Florida has declined to make it a state holiday. What is Juneteenth? Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people ...
Cornerstone of Virginia community's history is 'an accomplishment and a testament,' descendent says
CBS 6 Richmond· 1 day agoTwo historical markers were unveiled to honor a cornerstone of the African American community in Varina that began to take root ten years after the signing of the Emancipation
Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThat was two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, during the Civil War....
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.
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...
Juneteenth celebrations continue in Richmond with freedom celebration at winery
CBS 6 Richmond· 16 hours agoThe holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned...
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 6 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...