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‘People have worked so hard.’ Woman who helped make Juneteenth a national holiday visits New Jersey
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 2 days agoDr. Opal Lee, 97, was instrumental in getting Juneteenth declared a national holiday in 2021....
Red, black and green: Northside Coalition lights up Main Street Bridge for Juneteenth
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoDowntown Jacksonville’s iconic Main Street Bridge – whose blue frame is illuminated nightly – featured a new, temporary lighting scheme on Wednesday as members of a local ...
Happy Juneteenth: How the city of Alexandria is honoring the federal holiday
WTTG via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNotable celebrations have launched across the U.S. in cities like New York, Chicago and Atlanta since June 19th was declared a federal holiday just three ...
Experts see value in businesses observing Juneteenth holiday - South Florida Business Journal
The Business Journals· 4 days agoJune 19 is Juneteenth National Independence Day, the nation’s newest federal holiday commemorating...
On Juneteenth, Gov. Dunleavy weighs adding a new legal holiday for Alaska
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDunleavy has until early July to make a decision on Senate Bill 22. If he approves the measure, it...
Juneteenth Explained: What Is the Holiday, Why Was It Created and How Should It Be Celebrated?
Skanner· 2 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 Galveston, Texas found ...
This Juneteenth, it’s time for Biden to honor the federal holiday he created by ending forced labor
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution formally abolished U.S. slavery, it includes a...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoIt's also the fourth year that Florida has declined to make it a state holiday. What is Juneteenth? Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in... States ...
Top federal prosecutor in New Jersey tells jury Sen. Menendez never pressured him
CNN.com· 2 days agoA top federal prosecutor handed Sen. Bob Menendez a lifeline at the New Jersey Democrat’s corruption...
Juneteenth Celebration comes to Diamond Park on Saturday
The Meadville Tribune, Pa. via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe Juneteenth Celebration planned for Saturday in Diamond Park comes a few days after the actual Juneteenth holiday, which occurred Wednesday, but perhaps that’s appropriate ...