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Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 5 days agoToday we celebrate Juneteenth, the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the farthest ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 5 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
OneUnited Bank CEO: Ending slavery is the best economic decision America ever made
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoThe decision to end slavery ultimately had the profound impact of making America the strongest ...
Mapped: Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth
Axios· 5 days agoWhy it matters: At the end of the Civil War, Texas' enslaved Black people had yet to obtain freedom...By the start ...
Clyde man honored more than a century after his death
WTVG 13 Action News· 5 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the final...
June 18, 2024 - Juneteenth and the Mars Symphony
GBH News· 6 days agoJuneteenth is the annual commemoration marking the end of slavery in the United States.
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate· 6 days agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday observed every June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S....
On Juneteenth, family honors legacy of church founder, Black pioneer
AOL· 6 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed slaves, but it did not immediately end slavery in places...