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Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the< ...
Is the United States Too Devoted to the Constitution?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoRevolutionary unions like the Industrial Workers of the World, or ...rights, they contended, were a...
ETSU hosts Juneteenth celebration with help from the Langston Centre
WJHL Tri-Cities via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University (ETSU) held a Juneteenth celebration on...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Why We Celebrate Juneteenth
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth marks a joyous moment in American history — the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans. This day, recognized every ...
American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited,...
The Patriot-News· 5 days agoAs the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
WJXT Jacksonville· 5 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe holiday’s roots trace back to June 19...military decree,the proclamation declared enslaved...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 5 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
