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What is Juneteenth? What do I say? What do I do? A starter guide to the federal holiday
Tri-City Herald· 7 days agoThose who celebrate Juneteenth have different traditions for marking the holiday, and it’s important to know what some of them are.
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
First Coast News· 7 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
What's Juneteenth and what's open, closed? Here's what Athens residents need to know
Athens Banner-Herald· 7 days agoJuneteenth is on Wednesday and is the latest federal holiday. Here is its historical significance...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC· 6 days agoIt's Juneteenth 2022 and I am uncomfortable on a New York City beach. When President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday in...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoShe shared her thoughts on the essence of Juneteenth in that 2022 interview. "People think it's a...
Video of 8-foot-tall barricades at the Supreme Court is from 2022, not this week
Associated Press· 6 days agoThe video is from May 2022 and shows fencing erected following the leak of a draft opinion that...
Senator Markey champions Juneteenth federal holiday and criticizes Supreme Court's conservative...
GBH News· 7 days agoMassachusetts Senator Ed Markey was one of the lead sponsors of the bill that established Juneteenth...
Harvard study: Feds well-positioned to provide slavery reparations
The Day· 1 day agoA man wears a button on his suit jacket during a rally in support of reparations for African...