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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
The history and significance of Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoJuneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country's second Independence Day—stands as an enduring symbol of Black American freedom.
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Opal Lee's annual Walk for Freedom is just the beginning, Grandmother of Juneteenth says
CBS News· 42 minutes agoThe Grandmother of Juneteenth is sharing the love this year: the annual Opal's Walk for Freedom...
Detroit marks Juneteenth with art and joy at downtown celebration
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoStill, as she cast wide eyes onto the painted figures on the statue — meant to recall the artist’s...
Juneteenth poet encourages celebration of the historic holiday and to spread positivity with words
FOX 10 Phoenix· 39 minutes agoThe teenaged author of the Juneteenth poem displayed at the Phoenix Children's Museum is striving to...
Celebrating Juneteenth and 25 years of the Black Cultural Council of Odessa
CBS7· 56 minutes agoThe Black Cultural Council of Odessa (BCCO) has launched five days of Juneteenth activities at...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 17 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought...
On Juneteenth, Round Rock shooting survivors gather to begin 'healing process'
Austin American-Statesman· 40 minutes agoJuneteenth celebrations in the Austin area were stifled early this year with news of a mass shooting...