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Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 5 days agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
How many federal holidays are there? Make sure you don't miss your days off in 2024-25
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoNowhere else in the country has this day off. Federal holiday calendar 2024-2025 Here are the dates for the federal holidays from 2024 to 2025: Memorial ...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
KFDX Wichita Falls· 2 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· 5 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Kentucky Enhances Cultural Recognition With Juneteenth Holiday And Hair Discrimination Ban
Black Enterprise· 18 hours agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has officially signed executive orders to make Juneteenth an executive...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 4 days agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBoth Democratic and Republican lawmakers have tried and failed to pass bills on both of these...
Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoOther cities, such as Louisville, have recognized Juneteenth as a holiday for city workers since...
Dueling Pittsburgh Juneteenth celebrations spark controversy, criticism of Gainey
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 3 days agoThe longtime organizer of Pittsburgh’s most well-known Juneteenth festival harshly condemned Mayor...
A 97 year old visionary to visit Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican· 1 day agoIn 1939, a 10-year-old girl’s family purchased a home in a white neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas...racial animosity. By 2021, this very same little...