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'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 4 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Local historian reflects on life of Salt Lake's Emancipation Day queen
KUTV Salt Lake City· 10 hours agoIn 1898, 15-year-old Elnora Dudley was crowned Salt Lake City’s Emancipation Day Queen. Salt Lake’s...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 day agoThis occurred 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after President Abraham Lincoln...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first read on the steps of the Knott House by...
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 7 days agoWhile June 19 is the official federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, Gen. Edward McCook first read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps ...
The history of Milwaukee's Juneteenth flag
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMilwaukee’s annual Juneteenth celebration is one of the country’s oldest. The red, white and blue flag is one of our 100 objects that make Milwaukee.
Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed executive orders making Juneteenth an executive branch holiday...