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Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Joe Biden's Black support collapses in battleground state
Newsweek· 7 days agoPresident Joe Biden's support among Black voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania is...
What Kamala Harris wants you to do on Juneteenth
Rolling Out· 9 hours agoVice President Kamala Harris spoke to the audience in Atlanta at The Rocket Foundation Summit 2024 at The Carter Center.
Map shows states where Juneteenth is recognized as a public holiday
Newsweek· 1 day agoOn that day, some 250,000 still-enslaved African Americans were told that the Civil War had ended...
Here are some ways you can celebrate Juneteenth in Maine
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe holiday celebrates the end of slavery after the Civil War and was marked in the African American...
From concerts on the White House lawn to greeting cards, Juneteenth is a full-blown holiday
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 days agoVice President Kamala Harris as he performs during a concert marking Juneteenth on the South Lawn of...
Conservative media conglomerate amplifies misleading attacks on Biden’s fitness
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Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSlaves in Galveston, Texas were the last to learn they were free when Major General Gordon Granger...
Events to celebrate Juneteenth in and around Baltimore
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoHere’s a list of some of the local events celebrating Juneteenth, a national holiday signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022. Juneteenth commemorates ...
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...