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Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoGordon Granger arrived on Galveston Island and delivered General Order No. 3. “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive.
Indiana House Republicans want Confederate Memorial reinstalled at Arlington National Cemetery
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 4 days agoThe seven Republicans representing Indiana in the U.S. House each voted in favor of a plan to...
The origins of Juneteenth: History, celebrations and more
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoYet, two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, more than 250...easy for slaveholders to...
Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 5 days agoSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the...
What You Need to Know About Juneteenth
E! News via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoNearly 160 years after the last of the enslaved African-Americans were freed, Juneteenth celebrations commemorating that fateful day have taken on a...
Virginia NAACP sues Shenandoah school board after district restored Confederate names
Oklahoma Voice via Yahoo News· 7 days agoVirginia NAACP on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Shenandoah County School Board for what it...
‘Lost cause’ of our nation’s brutal racism permeates society, distorting history along the way
Nevada Current via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoPolicy, politics and progressive commentary Few images from the violent attacks on peacefully...
Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 4 hours agoGordon Granger landed on Galveston Island, Tex., with more than 2,000 federal soldiers to deliver the belated news of freedom to enslaved Black people in...
Commentary: This Juneteenth, find ways to celebrate jubilee joy
GBH News· 9 hours agoWith fresh strawberries, strawberry syrup, and splashes of dark rum, orange liqueur and sparkling...
Guest Column: The fight doesn't end with celebrating Juneteenth
The Yuma Sun· 3 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, about two months after Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., Gordon Granger, a Union general</ ...