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What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoOn that day in 1865, Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, informing the people that all slaves were free. This...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoRobert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox...relatively slowly in those days) and, with it, the end to slavery. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger...
New PRRI Survey Revisits American Attitudes on Confederate Monuments, Finds Divides Persist by...
Sierra Sun Times· 51 minutes agoNew analysis finds support for Christian nationalism is inextricably linked with attitudes toward ...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoOnce invited to speak at the White House with then-President Barack Obama, by 2021, students in the...
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 3 hours agoToday, June 19, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of slavery in the defeated South. The date...
In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoFLE - A statue of confederate general Stonewall Jackson is removed on July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Shenandoah County, Virginia's school board voted 5- ...
Shenandoah County School Board Chairman says they’ll defend decision to restore schools’ Confederate...
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 7 days agoThe Shenandoah County School Board is facing legal backlash after becoming the first school district...
Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoJuneteenth not a state holiday in SC: Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,'...
Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery
Olean Times Herald· 21 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, with General Order No. 3 telling the people of the...
