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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago“Star Trek” actor William Shatner was when he went up in 2021. Culture In addition to honoring...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
NBC Chicago· 6 hours agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 4 days ago-based anti-racist organization, will host the Greenport community’s third annual Juneteenth...
Juneteenth festival organizers looking for groups to participate
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 22—Organizers for Niagara Falls' Juneteenth festival are looking for any Niagara County groups and organizations that would like to participate in the June 16 event. " ...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSummer may seem far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, Juneteenth. This holiday...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIn recognition of that day’s news, President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021....
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 3 days agoFirst celebrated in Texas, Juneteenth recognizes the emancipation of African American slaves by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of ...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 3 days agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe day is also called "Mayteenth." Juneteenth commemorates the day in Galveston, Texas in 1866 when...