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What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 6 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and soldiers from...
Events throughout the week mark Juneteenth 2024 in the Quad-Cities
Quad-City Times· 4 hours agoThe announcement finally put into full effect the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Abraham...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation ...
Juneteenth events begin this weekend
Gannett via AOL· 7 hours agoJune 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the Civil War was over and slavery abolished, more than two years after President ...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's when and where you can celebrate the holiday across Oklahoma
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe general's proclamation came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Jan....
When did Kentucky actually abolish slavery? A lot later than you think.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoJan. 1, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln announces the Emancipation Proclamation, which frees all...
Juneteenth celebrations in metro Atlanta | 2024
Fox local via AOL· 20 hours agoDespite the proclamation, many enslaved people in Texas were unaware of their freedom due to the slow spread of information and resistance by some...
Celebrate Juneteenth at these Central Florida events
WKMG ClickOrlando· 6 hours agoNext Wednesday is the holiday known as Juneteenth and this year marks nearly 160 years of freedom. Slavery was federally outlawed when the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Largest Black Community Gathering In San Diego County: Cooper Family Foundation Juneteenth Art &...
KPBS San Diego· 12 hours agoOn Sept. 22, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolishing slavery in the...
