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What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 7 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and soldiers from...
...Actions to Protect and Preserve Our Nation’s African American History Ahead of Juneteenth ...
The White House· 4 days agoand Vice President Harris have advanced racial justice and asserted that Black history is American ...
DC/DOX Film Festival explores Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross, psychics and hummingbirds - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 2 days ago“DC/DOX is really filling the void of SILVERDOCS, which evolved into AFI DOCs, returning a major...
DC/DOX returns to downtown with a bursting slate of documentaries
Washington Post· 2 days agoWhen AFI Docs paused operations indefinitely that year, Sitney and PR executive Jamie Shor stepped...
Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom won’t be in Fort Worth this year, but its mission is unchanged
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 days agoThe walk will move back to Fort Worth in 2025 and will take place in Washington, D.C., in 2026 at...
What is Juneteenth? Here's why we celebrate the federal holiday in South Carolina
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn June, the United States will celebrate the date aptly described as our country’s second...
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDespite the opposition, these celebrations expanded throughout the South, gained commercial elements during the 1920s and 1930s and often featured...
Michigan Chronicle co-owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist William Pickard dies at 83
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIn 2019, Pickard was awarded the “The Michigan Lifetime Humanitarian Award...
Juneteenth events in Cincinnati: Details for the block party, festival, parade and more
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLearn about the history of Juneteenth, play giant games, create a "make-and-take" craft, enjoy food...
Courageous Eight traveling exhibit set to visit Huntsville
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTuesday, June 18 (6 pm...Conversation (Location: Omega Center) – This event, held in conjunction...