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What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 5 hours 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...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 4 hours agoAlso known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, Juneteenth...
Opinion: Juneteenth: New Ways to Teach about Slavery, Black Perseverance and U.S. History
The 74 via Yahoo News· 35 minutes agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as...
American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited,...
The Patriot-News· 3 hours agoAs the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 3 hours agoJuneteenth is a celebration of the freedom, culture and empowerment of African-Americans. A holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US has been...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoArmy officer arrived in Galveston, Texas, with two momentous announcements: the end of the Civil War (word traveled relatively slowly in those days) and,...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAmy Donofrio in front of Robert E. Lee High School Photo courtesy of the EVAC movement "Jesus...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 5 minutes agoNot to mention that there’s a whole verse about slavery. You can’t be mad at Colin Kaepernick for not wanting to stand for a slavemaster lullaby every...
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 3 hours agoToday, June 19, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of slavery in the defeated South. The date...