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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Amanda Quintana
KTVU· 14 hours agoAmanda has been at KTVU since the summer of 2021. Before starting at KTVU, Amanda covered the total solar eclipse from one of the first spots it made...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“It recognizes liberation, it recognizes freedom. ...
More blue cities using drones for some 911 calls, expert says: ‘They can’t get cops'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoMore blue city police departments are embracing the use of drones to carry out police work, with...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoIn today’s episode of White People Who Have No Business Teaching Black Students, a New Jersy high school teacher has been suspended after two separate videos surfaced that showed him all in ...
All-Black burlesque show takes Juneteenth's spirit of liberation to the stage
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoBurlesque performers Jason Powell, his husband, Randy Phillips, and Steven Taylor put together their...
Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald· 2 days agoYou call 9-11, but all that’s available are unarmed social workers. Cambridge is creating a social...
France’s Soccer Team Tackles a New Opponent: The Far Right
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoEven by the quiet standards of most athletes outside the U.S., soccer players tend to be notoriously...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
