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'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee discusses her work to solidify the holiday
NPR· 4 days agoTo be a whole people, to be one people is a goal that hasn't been realized yet. I want to be here when it happens. KELLY: Yeah. I mean, I guess that's the last thing I want ...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 5 days agoGen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army and 2,000 soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, to announce and enforce the liberation of the state's some 250,000...
Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Freedom
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut to this day, it has mostly survived as the ideal this country should chase. That's not to say it means the same thing to everyone; people of...
Museums, libraries and more: What's open and closed on Juneteenth in Chicago?
NBC Chicago· 4 days agoWednesday, June 19 marks Juneteenth, which was designated a federal and state holiday just four...
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
KSNT Topeka· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in ...
Don’t know much about Juneteenth? Here’s a beginner’s guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WGN TV Chicago· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Local Black-owned businesses celebrate Juneteenth
KXRM Colorado Springs via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Juneteenth flag waved at the Colorado Capitol on June 19, commemorating the day Union soldiers marched toGalveston, Texas in...
LARRY KUDLOW: Donald Trump is pulling together a working-class coalition of all colors and stripes
FOX Business· 4 days agoSecond, it was Abraham Lincoln’s and then Ulysses S. Grant’s Republican Party that was the party of...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe very notion of Juneteenth, he said, “is kind of a new thing for the country in a lot of ways.”...
The 9 best coffee shops in Houston with outlets for your laptop
Houston Chronicle· 1 day agoSpending part of your workday or study session at a library, coffee shop or park helps to block time...
