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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 3 days 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· 3 days 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· 3 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States ...
Juneteenth advances as state holiday despite enduring opposition
Axios· 3 days agoJuneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has...
Map shows states where Juneteenth is recognized as a public holiday
Newsweek· 4 days agoholiday, named after a contraction of the date "June Nineteenth," commemorates the events of June 19...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWednesday will not be the first observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the first time...
Why are state offices closed in New Jersey today? There's an explanation
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoNew Jersey state holidays Juneteenth is one of 13 total state holidays that New Jersey is scheduled...
It’s time for South Carolina to finally recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday | Opinion
The State McClatchy via AOL· 4 days agoState Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, has introduced several bills to make Juneteenth an SC state ...
Juneteenth could become a paid state holiday next year
Anchorage Daily News· 4 days agoThe Alaska Legislature earlier this year passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, a June 19th...
Alabama lawmaker to push for permanent Juneteenth state holiday again
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 2 days agoWhile Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed it a state holiday...