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When is Juneteenth? Here’s why and how the holiday is celebrated
The Arizona Republic· 3 days agoJuneteenth may be the nation's youngest federal holiday, but the day has long been a special...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 7 days agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
Lewis Latimer to Jesse Brown: Learn Black history in Fall River at Heritage State Park
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLearn about textiles and calico, or even weave a row on the community loom. If you complete an...
Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 7 days agoGov. Andy Beshear signed two executive orders honoring Black history and protecting hair...
New headstone at Jacksonville University bears name of Civil War vet born into slavery
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHe served in the 33rd Infantry of the U.S. Colored Troops, and after the fighting he moved to...
Colonial Williamsburg offers free admission for Juneteenth events
WAVY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn June 19, 1865 thousands of enslaved people learned they had been emancipated when Union forces...
'Gospel Voices of OC' spreads the gospel of influential African American women at Musco Center
Los Angeles Times· 7 hours agoWhen Debora Wondercheck began producing “Gospel Voices of OC,” she hoped the artistic concert in conjunction with Juneteenth would be come an annual tradition. As the show returns for its third ...
Harriet Tubman Purple Hat Society’s Juneteenth Luncheon will honor six
Staten Island Advance· 2 days agoThe Harriet Tubman Purple Hat Society will host its eighth annual Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 14 at Li Greci’s Staaten in West Brighton from 8 p.m. until midnight. Honored during ...
How To Build A Whiskey Unicorn
Forbes· 3 days agoIN southern Tennessee, where whiskey falls somewhere between a religion and Disneyland, Fawn Weaver looks across the 458-acre distillery–cum–amusement...
Kentucky governor designates Juneteenth a holiday, bans hairstyle discrimination
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had...