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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 13 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· 8 hours agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Juneteenth celebration in University City highlights African American culture
WSOC via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoPeople came together Wednesdayin University City to celebrate African American art, music, and...
Richmonders engulf themselves in the history of Juneteenth
WWBT· 14 minutes agoRICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—Juneteenth may be the oldest holiday in black culture, but many are just beginning to learn its history. “I’m a Virginian, and I was not aware of < ...
Kendrick Lamar Performs ‘Not Like Us’ for the First Time at Juneteenth Concert
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 19 minutes agoIn a moment that may go down in rap history, Kendrick Lamar performed his Drake-eviscerating hit...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago© KaiYanna Tsehay Washington / @OFFICIAL_KAIKAI It was all a dream for three friends from New Jersey...
Juneteenth 2024: Philadelphia comes together to celebrate freedom
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 18 minutes agoPeople from all over came together outside the African American Museum to enjoy music, food,...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 19 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought...
Atlanta celebrates Juneteenth with community events, activism
FOX 5 Atlanta· 2 hours agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, is a...