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The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two ...
Opinion: 6 Books that Explain the History and Meaning of Juneteenth
The 74 via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago‘On Juneteenth’ Combining history and memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth” offers a moving...
VP Kamala Harris to deliver remarks ahead of Juneteenth celebration
WJXT Jacksonville· 27 minutes agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 47 minutes agoAt the time, the Civil War was raging. On June 19, 1865, 2½½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued and two months after ...
Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThat was two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, during the Civil War....
Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery
Olean Times Herald· 3 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, with General Order No. 3 telling the people of the...
Kevin Lindsey on Juneteenth and the importance of remembering our stories
MPR News· 5 hours agoIt marks the date on June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black Americans in Texas finally learned of their...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Premiere Hits 7.8 Million Viewers, Max’s Biggest Single-Day Audience...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoHBO's "Game of Thrones" spin-off series kicked off the civil war between Queen Rhaenyra's Team Black...
36 years, $38 million and 4 parts: Why Kevin Costner believes in 'Horizon'
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours ago"The frontier wasn't a land in Disneyland. It was real," Costner tells TODAY.com in a sit-down...
Bigger raceway part of $21 million plan for Belle-Clair Fairgrounds. Here’s what else
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 41 minutes agoNext month, work on the livestock facility will begin to accommodate the return of the county fair....