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Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 17 hours agoThis news came two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
Opal Lee gets keys to new home on family’s Fort Worth lot
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoOpal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday morning in Fort Worth as she rocked in a white chair...
Retro Louisville: President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Derby City
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe reason for this chronicling of Presidential visits was on the front page of that same newspaper:...
Library of Congress opens once-hidden items to the public
The Hill via AOL· 5 days agoCorrection: Plans to build an oculus in the Library of Congress’s main reading room were scrapped in...
Americans’ awareness of Juneteenth is on the rise: Survey
The Hill via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoFar more Americans are aware of Juneteenth and are going to celebrate it this year than in years...
85 years ago, a racist mob targeted Opal Lee’s home. Her new home is a symbol of community
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which ...
Juneteenth celebrations in metro Atlanta | 2024
WAGA fox local articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a law declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage...
Mountlake Terrace hosts its first Juneteenth celebration
KING5 Seattle· 4 hours agoSaturday marked the first time the City of Mountlake Terrace hosted a Juneteenth celebration. "There...
Mr. President, please pardon Trump for the country’s—and your own—good
The Hill· 3 days agoExcuse me, Mr. President. As the country awaits a decision on the imprisonment of a former...