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What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 3 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming that enslaved African Americans were...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoBlack History month is in February and traces its origins to Carter G. Woodson and Negro History...
The week's bestselling books, June 23
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoThe Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (Crown: $35) An exploration of the pivotal five months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the start of the Civil...
Is The Market Open On Juneteenth?
Benzinga· 3 hours agoThe event commemorates June 19, 1865, just after the Civil War ended when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of enslavement for Black people, two ...
The ritual commemorates Abraham's stoning of the devil where it is said Satan tried to dissuade him...
Fox Bangor· 3 days agoThe ritual commemorates Abraham's stoning of the devil where it is said Satan tried to dissuade him...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 20 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
Ohio lawmaker's quest for Freedpeople justice includes state land for slavery descendants
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoThis was notable because Randolph's pledge occurred 30 years before Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which ordered the end of slavery following three years of ...
Kuwait Building Fire: KG Abraham, Owner Of The Building, Expresses Deep Regret Over The Tragic Fire
KLAX-TV· 2 days agoK G Abraham, Managing Director of the Kuwait-based NBTC Group, expressed deep sorrow and commitment...
Juneteenth: Black Congress members from Ohio discuss progress and problems since holiday’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 19 hours agoIt took more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation for...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 7 hours agoIt is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation...
