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Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoAs he began to wrap up to head over to the premiere on Wednesday, though, he had another compelling...
20 books by Black authors you should read this Juneteenth
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThese books celebrate Black authors and their unique works. Juneteenth commemorates the day Union...
Detroit marks Juneteenth with art and joy at downtown celebration
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoStill, as she cast wide eyes onto the painted figures on the statue — meant to recall the artist’s...
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
New York Daily News· 3 days agoArmy soldiers brought news of emancipation to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — more than...
Juneteenth: a celebration amid deep concerns
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoWhen Union Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston on June 19, 1865, to announce that the Emancipation Proclamation would be enforced in Texas, as in the...
Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 — a day more than two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the...
How to celebrate Juneteenth 2024 in Bloomington
Indiana Daily Student· 6 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the day when 250,000 formerly enslaved African Americans were freed in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 — over two years after...
At Alabama Juneteenth event, holiday seen as an opening day for ‘voting season’
Birmingham News· 2 days agoJuneteenth has been a federal holiday for the past three years and commemorates the ending of...
Black advocates to use Juneteenth to demand political change
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs the nation recognizes Juneteenth this year, leading Black voices plan to use the holiday to call...
In case you missed it in The Sun the week of June 10, 2024
The Jamestown Sun, N.D. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 15—The following stories from this week appeared on www.jamestownsun.com and in The Jamestown Sun. The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. Board of Directors on Monday, June 10, unanimously ...
