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Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe History...decades, and in 1979, Texas made Juneteenth an official holiday, as did other states. And then in June 2021, Biden made it a federal
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
Bristol Herald Courier· 2 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what’s open and closed on...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBen Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ...in 1997. Here's what each element of the flag represents: The star: It represents Texas, the last ...
Juneteenth: What to know about newest federal holiday and if mail comes Wednesday
Axios· 2 days agoWhy it matters: The day celebrating Black emancipation from enslavement gained traction in 2020 amid discussions of racial injustice following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. President ...
Juneteenth 2024: What the Holiday Represents and How to Celebrate
Entertainment Tonight· 3 days agoMore on that below.) From its celebratory roots in churches...year, Juneteenth has come a long way...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt was a state holiday first. Texas passed a bill in 1979 making it a state holiday; the bill’s...
There Is No Such Thing as "Wage Slavery"
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 1 day agoThis is a perfectly good thing to celebrate, of course, but alas, as Connor O’Keeffe has recently noted, since the day was declared a federal holiday in ...
When is Juneteenth? Did the holiday start in Texas? Here’s everything you need to know
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAfter Fort Worth’s own Opal Lee walked...President Joe Biden signed legislation designating it as a...
Google celebrates Juneteenth 2024 with a Doodle
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoArtist Christian Robinson from Oakland, Calif., created Wednesday's Google Doodle to commemorate Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the emancipation...
Opinion | Why Juneteenth gives me hope in 2024
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough it was only designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth National Independence Day has of course been celebrated in Black American...
