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What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 19 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
On This Day, June 19: Deadly Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in Florida
United Press International via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoThe day came to be celebrated annually as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day....
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoSupreme Court Building after the High Tribunal ruled that segregtion in public schoolsis...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 17 hours agoDay was established in 1983. Among the campaigners for a federal holiday were Opal Lee, who, at age 89, walked from Texas toWashington DC</ ...
NYC Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed, things to do
FOX 5 New York· 16 hours agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in...
Photos: Juneteenth celebrations and observances across the nation
San Jose Mercury News· 7 hours agoRe-enactments, dances, rallies and services were among the events held on Juneteenth, which is in...
The Good Side: Juneteenth Mural Project
WKYT Lexington· 12 hours agoThe Absolute Equality Juneteenth Mural Project recently added a new mural in Washington, DC
What is Juneteenth and why do we celebrate it?
The Patriot-News· 2 days agoOn Wednesday, Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For...
How are federal holidays created?
CBS News· 1 day agoIt was on that day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas were finally freed — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth, it...
