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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 4 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...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe order was not followed by former slave owners, and in some cases freed people were forced back into work. June 19, 1866...women, one year after the...
Fact Check: Contrary to Partisan Claims, Trump Didn't Call Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists 'Very...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA horrible moment. But there are two sides to the country. Despite Trump's explicit condemnation of...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 5 days agoIt became widespread in the early 20th century and...Long Before But Didn’t Know It President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
Who is Trump's new mega-donor, Timothy Mellon?
BBC via AOL· 23 hours agoPerhaps influencing the purchase, Mr Mellon had developed a love for flying around this time - logging more than 11,500 hours in the cockpit. "As owner...
First Solano County raising of Juneteenth Flag ceremony celebrated
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 6 days agoA document found in the Solano County archives in 2007 showed the date when Adam Willis was freed from slavery. Now, 17 years after Sharon McGriff-Payne, of Vallejo, had discovered the Willis ...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSherman’s order did not last long. President Andrew Johnson quickly overturned the order, taking the...
South Bend residents come together to 'ring with harmonies of Liberty' at Juneteenth event
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe celebration was for Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks June 19, 1865, the day enslaved...
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt also highlighted how slave owners put profit before people. Hundreds of thousands of people were not told about their freedom, not because of a single...
Write-in candidate prevents Democrats, independents from voting in commission race
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe American public doesn’t want either man yet will be stuck with one of them. Trump lies...
