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Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
FOX 25 Boston· 2 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGina Maiola, communications director for Ivey, said Monday the memo did not list all the state holidays but that the governor added a couple of days, Juneteenth and the day ...
A 97 year old visionary to visit Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican· 2 days agoIn 1939, a 10-year-old girl’s family purchased a home in a white neighborhood in Fort Worth...Black Americans from slavery. On June 17, 2021, Opal Lee...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe celebration is meant to honor the arduous journey to freedom while staying true...giving the...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPresident Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. Despite that, Florida — along with...
Remembering George Floyd, four years later
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoLest we forget, Floyd was unarmed and being detained for a nonviolent offense — using a counterfeit $20 bill to make a purchase. America witnessed the...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 6 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-everJuneteenth parade as part of its...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn recognition of that day’s news, President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021....
Scared about America losing democracy? Texas is already gone
Philly.com· 6 days ago“I might go to Dallas to murder looters,” a then-active duty U.S. Army sergeant named Daniel Perry...