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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 6 days agoMany Americans have celebrated it annually for more than a century, even though the holiday was not ...
The Dobbs effect: Abortion ballot initiatives, expected higher mortality, more litigation
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn Arizona, the state’s highest court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban. Florida and South...
Juneteenth colors: What they mean and the history behind the hues
Today· 7 days agoThe announcement came nearly two years after Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved persons free under ...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 6 days agoWhile President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier, ...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe news didn't get to Texas until 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston two months after the ...
Sonya Clark's New Art Unpacks Histories of Freedom and Enslavement
Artnet News· 1 day agoArtist Sonya Clark was talking about her latest major project, a public artwork titled The...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ to Battle ‘Inside Out 2’ for No. 1 as Kevin Costner’s Epic...
Variety via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWill audiences care about the world of “A Quiet Place” without John Krasinski or Emily Blunt?...
Differences between House of the Dragon and George R. R. Martin’s book
Cosmo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe book has conflicting accounts of how/when he died, and the show...Fire & Blood tells us that...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt wasn't officially recognized as a holiday in any state until Texas did so in 1979. Now, every state in the U.S. recognizes it after South...