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Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
UPI· 2 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
From emancipation to remembrance: Bristol confronts its painful past
WCYB NBC 5· 1 day agoIt marks the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached Galveston, Texas, nearly...
Tune in Tonight: ‘Perfect Wife’ and ‘Slave Play’ debut - The Republic News
The Republic News· 1 day agoHulu invites fans of true-crime docuseries to jump down another rabbit hole. The three-part series “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini” offers an indulgent meditation ...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 days agoNational Independence Day. It’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the...
Fate of Capital City’s Andrew Jackson Statue Still Undecided
Mississippi Free Press· 2 days agoJACKSON, Miss.—Andrew Jackson still stands outside City Hall in Jackson, Miss., nearly four years...
The invention — and reinvention — of Amy Coney Barrett
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBut lit by suspended lanterns from the church’s ceiling flanked with wooden arches, Barrett seemed...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 2 days agoA holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US has been celebrated every 19 June since President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National...
Alexandria Historian Connects Juneteenth to Thurgood Marshall's Local Victory
KLAX-TV· 2 days agoJuneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National...
Understanding history of Juneteenth; federal holiday since 2021
WITI via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"It's a dark side of history. It's American history," said Tommie Boudreaux, who is with the...