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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days 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...
In Sacramento, literacy is still a giant hurdle to achieving equality for all | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoAfter celebrating the 159th anniversary of Juneteenth, I cannot help but think about how far Black...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Meek Mill joins Murphy to launch N.J. clemency overhaul on Juneteenth
NJ.com· 2 days agoSlavery is banned everywhere in America except the prison system. The 13th Amendment states,...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWilbur Bell, 83, believes he is a living son of slavery in America. Family history has Bell’s...
What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 2 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 2 days agoThe writers, members of the New York University Prison Education Program Research Lab, are the authors of “Abolition Labor: The Fight to End Prison...
The history and significance of Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 2 days 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 celebration in Sibley Park shares significance of the holiday
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 15 hours agoSlavery in the United States ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but not every slave...