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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
Smithsonian secretary to help kick off new Charleston museum speaker series - Charleston Business
Charleston Regional Business Journal· 13 hours agoAn executive with the Smithsonian National Museum of History will participate in the launch of ...
...Actions to Protect and Preserve Our Nation’s African American History Ahead of Juneteenth ...
The White House· 5 days agoThe Biden-Harris Administration is committed to recognizing the full arc of our Nation’s history,...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be openand closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied... is it observed...
Dems slam ‘shameful’ House Republicans who voted to restore ‘mammy’ statue in Arlington
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago“In the United States of America, it’s shameful,” Jeffries... statue in Arlington was one of many...
Kent State University Museum Names a New Director
WWD· 4 days agoThe Kent State University Museum has tapped Sarah Spinner Liska as its new leader. She will officially become the museum’s director...she does, Spinner...
Juneteenth events happening in Greater Cincinnati
FOX 19 Cincinnati· 6 hours agoSince 1866, African Americans have celebrated Juneteenth as an independence day, a day of remembrance, and a time ...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's celebrations happening in Nashville and what is open and closed
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe day is celebrated to commemorate the official, country wide emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. According to the National ...
Booming brass band to lead bouyant Redding Juneteenth jubilee on the downtown promenade
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoWhile celebrated for more than 150 years in Black communities, Juneteenth — a portmanteau of the words "June" and "nineteen" ― didn’t ...
9 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Indianapolis
WISH-TV Indianapolis· 8 hours agoIn Indy, Juneteenth will be celebrated with concerts, poetry, markets, storytelling events and education opportunities for all ages.