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When is Juneteenth? Here’s why and how the holiday is celebrated
The Arizona Republic· 20 hours agoJuneteenth may be the nation's youngest federal holiday, but the day has long been a special...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 6 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 2 days 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 ...
New headstone at Jacksonville University bears name of Civil War vet born into slavery
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe served in the 33rd Infantry of the U.S. Colored Troops, and after the fighting he moved to...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WPRI Providence· 6 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Embracing Tradition: The History, Significance And Cultural Legacy Of Black Family Reunions
Blavity via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoBlack family reunions are a cherished tradition in African American communities, symbolizing unity,...
Colonial Williamsburg offers free admission for Juneteenth events
WAVY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn June 19, 1865 thousands of enslaved people learned they had been emancipated when Union forces...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 6 days agoGov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed executive orders making Juneteenth an executive branch holiday...
How To Build A Whiskey Unicorn
Forbes· 1 day agoIN southern Tennessee, where whiskey falls somewhere between a religion and Disneyland, Fawn Weaver looks across the 458-acre distillery–cum–amusement...
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGrant (he attended Grant’s wedding) had no illusions as to what the war was about: slavery. As he recounted in his memoirs, the Emancipation Proclamation
