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Atlanta celebrates Juneteenth with community events, activism
FOX 5 Atlanta· 5 days agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, is a...
Central Kentuckians celebrate Juneteenth through preserving Black history in Lexington
WKYT Lexington· 5 days ago“Shortly after emancipation, African Americans purchased land in our rural areas, and they developed...
OTHERS SAY: Still work to do | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 5 days agoGordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, telling the people of the westernmost Confederate state that...
Celebrating Juneteenth isn't rejecting the Fourth of July. It honors freedom for all.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday on June 19 commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black people,...
Mapped: Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth
Axios· 5 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½½ years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Why it ...
32 Juneteenth Quotes and Captions to Honor the Day
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 5 days agoKlaus Vedfelt / DigitalVision via Getty Images In the not-so-distant past is when Juneteenth got its start. Juneteenth started as a way to commemorate...
Duo hikes Emancipation Trail to remember Juneteenth
Axios· 4 days agoA dayslong hike from Galveston County to Houston's Freedmen's Town this week seeks to trace the path forged by the last of America's formerly enslaved...
What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Post-Bulletin· 6 days agoJuneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the ...
Juneteenth 2024 in Long Branch mixes bouncy houses with serious reflection
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day,...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoJuneteenth celebrates freedom. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed...