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Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Subramanyam wins Va. 10 primary with suburban appeal and South Asian support
Washington Post· 50 minutes agoSuhas Subramanyam (Loudoun) appeared in campaign ads goofing around with his two young daughters,...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt is the American celebration of freedom from slavery. Juneteenth was first observed, unofficially, in Texas in 1866 ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 1 day agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 day agoToday, public schools in the United States are more segregated than ever. The Double V Campaign and ...
The nuanced symbols of freedom most of us miss in the Juneteenth flag
theGrio via AOL· 1 day ago“People often think about Haitians immigrating to the U.S., but there was a time when Black ...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 1 day agoOn New Year’s Eve 1862, enslaved and free African Americans in other parts of the United States ...
Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen the Civil War ended in April 1865, U.S. General...accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the < ...
Americans celebrate their flag every year, and the holiday was born in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal· 6 days agoFlag Day commemorates June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress determined the composition of the...
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN via AOL· 2 days agoWhile abolitionists worked to end slavery in the United States, many didn’t expect to see it come to...