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Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 22 minutes agoThe following year Trump was suing to have the votes tossed out where a lot of Black people live in...
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...
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...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WXIA-TV Atlanta· 7 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
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...
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.
Letter to the editor: Juneteenth brings mixed emotions
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours 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 ...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 7 days agoWednesday, June 19th is a federal holiday, meaning government offices will be closed and mail will...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 6 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what’s open and closed on ...
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...