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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 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...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Politico via Yahoo News· 38 minutes agoFor the first time since Juneteenth was federally recognized, the National Park Service is making entry into all sites free on...to recognize Juneteenth...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 6 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 2 hours agoBut it’s 2024. It’s time. 1. Freedom is free. Because if freedom isn’t free, you owe us some reparations. I’m just saying. Michael Harriot is a writer,...
Juneteenth in Dallas celebrates freedom, remembers a merciless history
Dallas Morning News· 3 hours agoDespite its recent designation as a federal holiday, Juneteenth has a long history with Black Texans. As municipalities, businesses and nonprofits offer ...
Celebrating Juneteenth at UH: Making Black history known - The Cougar
The Daily Cougar· 54 minutes agoThis was the second year UH has celebrated Juneteenth and it was filled with students and staff coming together to commemorate Black history and the effect ...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 hours ago"It is as important as the Fourth of July. In fact, I dream some day they celebrate from the 19th to the fourth, like they do Mardi Gras," Lee said in...
Living history: meeting the 'Mother of Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day'
Fox local via AOL· 18 hours agoI’m walking a little slower these days, but it still makes me feel good," said Henningsen. She has...
Juneteenth advances as state holiday despite enduring opposition
Axios· 7 hours agoJuneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 18 minutes agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New... Troops...
