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'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 7 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 4 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
National Archives' Historic Showcase of Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth Order in DC
Hoodline· 6 days agoIn a rare and historic display, the National Archives in Washington, DC, will showcase two pivotal...
Photos: Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 7 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Kentucky governor designates Juneteenth a holiday, bans hairstyle discrimination
theGrio via AOL· 4 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had...
Commentary: Remembering Memorial Day's true origins
GBH News· 12 hours agoOn that special day of remembrance, there was a parade of 3,000 school children carrying roses; women with baskets of flowers, wreaths, and crosses,...
Documenting and preserving Virginia’s largest, most revered trees
The Daily Progress· 6 days agoVirginia is home to nearly 80 national champion big trees, consistently placing the commonwealth in...
An apology is the cornerstone of reparations bills in California. What would it do?
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“We’re asking for money to display the apology prominently in the Capitol with the same gravitas as...
Why Red Foods Are Traditionally Eaten On Juneteenth
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAlthough Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was delivered two years prior, freedom wasn't fully realized until the news was announced to the 250,000...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 2 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, most state offices ...