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Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 12 hours agoIt was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a friend's house several...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoOn Wednesday, Americans celebrate June 19, also called Juneteenth National Independence Day. It’s an...
Map shows states where Juneteenth is recognized as a public holiday
Newsweek· 2 days agoOn that day, some 250,000 still-enslaved African Americans were told that the Civil War had ended...
What Kamala Harris wants you to do on Juneteenth
Rolling Out· 1 day agoVice President Kamala Harris spoke to the audience in Atlanta at The Rocket Foundation Summit 2024 at The Carter Center.
Celebrate Juneteenth in metro Detroit with these events and activities
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis occurred months after the Confederacy's surrender. The day was officially designated as a...
Judge blocks Biden’s Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Columbian· 6 days agoThe Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been...
Blow: On Juneteenth, freedom came with strings attached
San Jose Mercury News· 18 hours agoLast week at a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris...
Juneteenth events to celebrate around Iowa
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoJuneteenth, observed annually on June 19, celebrates the day slavery ended in the United States. President Joe Biden signed legislation in 2021 making...
Here are some ways you can celebrate Juneteenth in Maine
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe holiday celebrates the end of slavery after the Civil War and was marked in the African American...