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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 16 hours 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...
4 years after George Floyd's death, are Detroit companies meeting DEI promises?
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoFour years ago, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by police, sparking nationwide protests and...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Juneteenth 2024: How Oklahoma's unique history still affects residents today
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoCelebrations dwindled as African Americans joined the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s,...
Americans today are divided, not united, by public tragedies
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFile Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 20 hours agoAlso known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, Juneteenth...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoAmericans celebrate July 4th as our nation’s independence from British rule, so does the African ...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoCombining the words "June...After more cases of police brutality resulting in the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery...Henry Louis. "...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 19 hours agoThe legacy of those laws is still being dismantled. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other African Americans< ...
Marshawn Wolley: Four years later, we reflect on George Floyd’s impact - Indianapolis Business...
Indianapolis Business Journal· 6 days agoThe Black community has not forgotten the modern-day lynching of George Floyd, a man whose death inspired international protest and a moment whose potency ...
