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What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 18 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 17 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe judge ruled for Donofrio on the issue of the Black Lives Matter flag. Donofrio's "intent to...
The nuanced symbols of freedom most of us miss in the Juneteenth flag
theGrio via AOL· 14 hours agoIn addition to Garvey’s popularity, the color scheme of Haith’s flag and its resemblance to the...
Former WNBA owner Kelly Loeffler says Caitlin Clark could save league from 'errors of its way'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"I was alarmed when the WNBA unilaterally announced that rather than partnering with the owners,...
David Oyelowo’s Long Obsession with the Real-Life Bass Reeves Finally Yielded a Groundbreaking...
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe history is bigger than that.'” David Oyelewo as Bass Reeves in Lawmen: Bass...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoBut what does Juneteenth...in existence in some form, became an established practice at most...
Actor Morgan Freeman derides Black History Month: 'My history is American history'
Fox News· 3 days agoActor Morgan Freeman once again criticized the idea of a Black History Month. Freeman stressed the...
History behind Juneteenth, how and why it became a federal holiday
KOAA5· 4 hours agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States and stems from an event in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston ...