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Juneteenth: A Colorful Holiday To Celebrate
Black Enterprise· 1 hour agoCertain holidays are often celebrated by donning signature colors: red at Valentine’s, orange and black for Halloween, and red, white, and blue for those...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 23 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices ...
Death of Juneteenth bill in Alabama Legislature sparks accusations
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA bill that would have made Juneteenth a state holiday died in the Alabama Legislature, leading to...
Jersey City Juneteenth Celebrations Set To Be Bigger And Better This Year
Black Enterprise· 1 day agoIn a news release shared with BLACK ENTERPRISE, All About Us revealed that the festival will take...
Kentucky governor designates Juneteenth a holiday, bans hairstyle discrimination
theGrio· 1 day agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
GoLocalProv | Food | “Taste of Juneteenth” Being Held in Providence on First Year of State Holiday
GoLocalProv· 2 days agoJuneteenth," PHOTO: Unsplash/Chantal Lim The first “Taste ofJuneteenth” will be held on Wednesday,...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBoth Democratic and Republican lawmakers have tried and failed to pass bills on both of these...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Montgomery Advertiser· 7 days agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
Man convicted of Chicago murder based on blind witness' testimony sues city, police
theGrio· 28 minutes agoA Chicago man convicted of murder based in part on testimony from a legally blind eyewitness is suing the city and the police department. A judge convicted Darien Harris in 2014 in connection with a fatal shooting at a South Side gas station in 2011.
Dueling Pittsburgh Juneteenth celebrations spark controversy, criticism of Gainey
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 6 days agoThe longtime organizer of Pittsburgh’s most well-known Juneteenth festival harshly condemned Mayor...