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Oakland celebrates Juneteenth amid attacks on education about Black history
Courthouse News Service· 2 hours agoThe Oakland Museum of California hosted a party Wednesday, including live musicians and cooks, in...
Jo Ellen Mayle Talks About Tablertown to Honor Juneteenth - WHIZ - Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting
WHIZ News Zanesville· 11 hours agoOn this day in 1885, the news of the Emancipation Proclamation made it to Texas marking a new...
Governor Shapiro joins Juneteenth Jubilee celebration
WHTM via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoHARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Festivities are wrapping up on City Island for Harrisburg’s Juneteenth...
Man who proclaimed all enslaved people were free is buried in Kentucky
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 40 minutes agoUnited States Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger is the Union leader who read the order in Galveston, Texas,...
Some say Juneteenth is ‘a day just as important as the Fourth of July’
WFLA via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoThis was two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It’s part...
Florence leader talks importance of Juneteenth
WBTW Myrtle Beach via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoFLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is being celebrated across the Pee Dee region, including...
'Becoming free in our country': Bay Area communities celebrate Juneteenth
ABC7 News· 3 hours agoSince it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized...
Celebrate Juneteenth in Southwest Virginia
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 16 hours agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were informed of their freedom, over two years after the ...
Clyde man honored more than a century after his death
WTVG 13 Action News· 6 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the final...
Juneteenth celebration highlights Black chefs, restaurants nationwide
CBS News· 15 hours agoFood is a significant part of the Juneteenth celebration, a federal holiday that commemorates the...
