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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 6 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...
Don’t know much about Juneteenth? Here’s a beginner’s guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WGN TV Chicago· 7 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via AOL· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Juneteenth is on Wednesday. Here’s what will and won’t be closed for the holiday in Boise
The Idaho Statesman· 7 days agoJuneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday since 2021.
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoWhy is it called Juneteenth? The word was created by joining the words "June" and "nineteenth" together. Is Juneteenth a federal holiday
What is Juneteenth? What do I say? What do I do? A starter guide to the federal holiday
Tri-City Herald· 7 days agoThose who celebrate Juneteenth have different traditions for marking the holiday, and it’s important to know what some of them are.
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 6 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States ...
Letter to the editor: Juneteenth brings mixed emotions
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoAs I sit here 25 minutes before our newest federal holiday, I’m filled with mixed emotions: Proud of the progress we’ve made; and shameful of the regression I’m witnessing ...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
