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GoLocalProv | Food | “Taste of Juneteenth” Being Held in Providence on First Year of State Holiday
GoLocalProv· 17 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last slaves were freed in Texas, two and a half...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
Associated Press· 6 days agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — as a state holiday, while legislative ...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
KOIN News 6 Portland· 3 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 7 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 6 days agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
Juneteenth will again be state holiday in Alabama this year
Birmingham News· 6 days agoJuneteenth will again be a state holiday in Alabama this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. ...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBoth Democratic and Republican lawmakers have tried and failed to pass bills on both of these...