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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· 5 hours agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Opal Lee gets keys to new home on family’s Fort Worth lot
Dallas Morning News· 19 hours agoOpal Lee hadn’t seen inside her new home Friday morning in Fort Worth as she rocked in a white chair...
Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 9 hours agoThis news came two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
Retro Louisville: President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Derby City
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe reason for this chronicling of Presidential visits was on the front page of that same newspaper:...
Americans’ awareness of Juneteenth is on the rise: Survey
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 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· 23 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which ...
What is Juneteenth?
Branson Tri-Lakes News· 24 hours agoThe Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which was signed into law in 2021, made Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth, short for June nineteenth, celebrates the day in 1865 when Union ...
Library of Congress opens once-hidden items to the public
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCurious what was in President Lincoln’s pockets on the day of his assassination? The contents —...
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...
One man says his father was born into slavery. Here’s what Juneteenth means to his family.
CNN.com· 12 hours agoIn a northern Florida graveyard, as the trill of insects filled the air, 83-year-old Wilbur B. Bell...