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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 day agoThis occurred 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after President Abraham Lincoln...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 4 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first read on the steps of the Knott House by...
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 7 days agoWhile June 19 is the official federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, Gen. Edward McCook first read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps ...
Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of...
The history of Milwaukee's Juneteenth flag
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMilwaukee’s annual Juneteenth celebration is one of the country’s oldest. The red, white and blue flag is one of our 100 objects that make Milwaukee.
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed executive orders making Juneteenth an executive branch holiday...
MISTER LINCOLN, SISTER ACT & More Set for Ford's Theatre Society 2024-2025 Season
Broadway World· 3 days agoThe season lineup includes the beloved music-filled holiday production of Charles Dickens's A...
