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National Civil Rights Museum offering free admission on Juneteenth
FOX 13 Memphis· 1 day agoThe free admission not only celebrates Juneteenth and its history but also allows museum visitors to...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Clyburn blames media for Trump's gains with Black voters: 'All about miscommunication,...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoRep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., blamed media "disinformation" misleading voters for polls showing Trump...
Gov. Holcomb issues proclamation in celebration of Juneteenth
ABC57 South Bend· 1 day agoIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced on Wednesday that he has signed a proclamation officially declaring June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth in Indiana. The holiday celebrates the day word of the ...
Some say Juneteenth is ‘a day just as important as the Fourth of July’
WFLA via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of the Civil War to 250,000...
'Manhunt' star: Lincoln's assassination is still a call to protect democracy
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoIt was Stanton, one of Lincoln’s former rivals, who led the charge to track down Booth (played in...
Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 23 hours agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 1 day agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
Sen. John P. Hale in Civil War Washington
New Hampshire Union Leader· 4 days agoRepublican Sen. John P. Hale of Dover campaigned for presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln of Illinois ahead of the national election on Nov. 6, 1860.
Clyburn blames media for Trump's gains with Black voters: 'All about miscommunication,...
Fox News· 5 hours agoRep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., claimed media "disinformation" was to blame for former President Trump...