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19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
2024 Juneteenth Festival to be held Saturday: What to know
The Argus Leader· 4 days agoThe annual Juneteenth Festival is set to take place this year on Saturday at the Avera Health IT...
'Remember their struggles': 27th annual Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival Sat. at Institute Park
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoWhile vendors sold art and jewelry and volunteers cooked up fried fish and barbecue ribs, musicians...
County prosecutor's win-at-all-cost mentality elevates convictions over justice | Opinion
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoHe was awarded the Medal of Honor. Chamberlain was a rhetoric professor at Bodoin College who ...
NYC bird group drops name of illustrator and slave owner Audubon
WHO13.com· 6 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the pro-slavery views of ornithologist and illustrator John James Au…
McClintock defends polarized House: ‘Congress is simply a reflection of the country’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on Sunday pushed back against those who blame Congress for increased...
Juneteenth commemoration in Yakima celebrates past, looks to future
Yakima Herald-Republic· 5 hours agoA strong breeze carried the smell of grilling meat Saturday as people gathered in east Yakima to...
Negro Historical Preservation Society hosts three days of Juneteenth events
Palestine Herald-Press, Texas via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 12—The Anderson County Negro Historical Preservation Committee will sponsor its annual Juneteenth Celebration June 13-15. "Through these events, we try to educate our people about Juneteenth ...
Columbus brings Juneteenth awareness to younger generations
WCBI Columbus· 15 hours agoWith Juneteenth approaching soon, the city of Columbus took time to celebrate the holiday at Sim...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 1 day agoThe Emancipation Proclamation, which liberated the enslaved in rebelling states, had gone into...