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What is Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day or Jubilee Day? End of American slavery commemorated
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 3 days agoabout Black experience,” Biden said. "The day reminds us that we have a helluva lot more work to do," he said. "Let's keep marching. Let's keep the faith." Juneteenth commemorates ...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
DAVID SHRIBMAN: Two presidential candidates, mired in the past
Goshen News· 2 days agoOne candidate worried about the country being a “house divided” by slavery but saw a future where...
Celebrating Juneteenth this weekend in Michiana
ABC57 South Bend· 4 hours agoSOUTH BEND, Ind.-- Communities across Michiana are starting their Juneteenth celebrations this weekend.
See the Photographs That Introduced Americans to Their Presidents
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoWhen presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln arrived at Mathew Brady’s New York City studio to pose for a picture, the pioneering photographer left nothing ...
Profiles Of Valor: Forgotten Hero?
The Chattanoogan· 9 hours agoFortunately, the D-Day anniversary revived lost accounts of some of those heroic actions that had long since fallen silent. Unfortunately, some Leftmedia...
Juneteenth celebration on tap | Sampson Independent
Sampson Independent· 4 days agoSampson County is less than two weeks away from a chance to participate in the second annual Juneteenth Celebration in Clinton, an event that honors the federal holiday of the same name, commemorating ...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Reflections about Juneteenth
Kenosha News· 6 days agoAs summer arrived, many of my co-workers were preparing to celebrate Juneteenth. As we now know, Juneteenth is a celebration to observe the day in 1865...
Finally, a specific accounting of land stolen from the formerly enslaved
Mother Jones· 2 days ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
10th annual Marshall-Harrison County Juneteenth Celebration is Saturday
The Marshall News Messenger· 2 days ago“And I want people to see the value that we have here in Marshall, Texas,” he added. The...