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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 20 hours agoMany Americans have celebrated it annually for more than a century, even though the holiday was not...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national ...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 20 hours agoWhen he was senator for Illinois, Barack Obama co-sponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a national holiday, but the law was never ...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
Today· 23 hours agoOn that date in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform 250,000...
‘People have worked so hard.’ Woman who helped make Juneteenth a national holiday visits New Jersey
Winston-Salem Journal· 21 hours agoDr. Opal Lee, 97, was instrumental in getting Juneteenth declared a national holiday in 2021.
Juneteenth Programming: What’s On TV & Streaming Platforms To Commemorate Holiday
Deadline via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoA number of networks, streamers and platforms have programming planned to celebrate Juneteenth ...
All Juneteenth Holiday bills in Mississippi died in committee
WJTV Jackson· 10 hours agoJACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Amid local, national and familial celebrations of Juneteenth Wednesday,...
Memphis celebrates Juneteenth at The National Civil Rights Museum
WREG articles via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Today is Juneteenth, the national holiday that marked the end of slavery. In honor...