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Juneteenth holiday: An important moment to contemplate our nation’s past and present
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 minutes agoWhat in the world could they have been thinking? That’s one of the questions (or, at least, one...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 10 hours agoAlso known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, Juneteenth...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoDay celebrations in Galveston, Texas, on June 15, 2024 - Image: Mark Felix (Getty Images) “...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth as a national holiday. Following the House's decision, President Biden enacted the...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 4 hours agoAlthough Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has been a federal...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe Juneteenth flag flies at Reading City Hall in Pennsylvania for the Juneteenth Holiday in 2021. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading ...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 10 hours agoA holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US has been celebrated every 19 June since President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoIn honor of this year’s Juneteenth, The Conversation reached out to Wake Forest University […] The...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoAs a result, the holiday rarely stirred new controversies. By contrast, the establishment of Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021 offered a rare...
7 Juneteenth shows and movies to check out with a VPN
TechRadar· 7 hours agoJune 19th, or Juneteenth, marks the end of more than 200 years of slavery in the United States....
