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What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 4 days 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...
On This Day, June 19: Deadly Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in Florida
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe day came to be celebrated annually as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day....
The Good Side: Juneteenth Mural Project
WKYT Lexington· 4 days agoThe Absolute Equality Juneteenth Mural Project recently added a new mural in Washington, DC
What is Juneteenth and why do we celebrate it?
The Patriot-News· 5 days agoOn Wednesday, Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For...
NYC Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed, things to do
FOX 5 New York· 4 days agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoDay was established in 1983. Among the campaigners for a federal holiday were Opal Lee, who, at age 89, walked from Texas toWashington DC</ ...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSupreme Court Building after the High Tribunal ruled that segregtion in public schoolsis...
Photos: Juneteenth celebrations and observances across the nation
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoRe-enactments, dances, rallies and services were among the events held on Juneteenth, which is in...
New Houston mural honors Texas' 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoMidtown's newest public artwork piece pays homage to Opal Lee, the 97-year-old Texan activist who...