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Alabama again considers making Juneteenth at state holiday
Birmingham News· 5 days agoAlabama lawmakers are again considering creating a permanent state holiday on Juneteenth to...
‘It’s amazing’: Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, is getting a new home for only $10
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 week agoJuneteenth had long been commemorated in Texas — becoming a state holiday in 1980. In Fort Worth,...
CLN drops Juneteenth holiday
Coeur d'Alene Press· 6 days agoNetwork will no longer observe Juneteenth, the state and federally recognized holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States ...
Vermont could become the next state to make Juneteenth an official holiday
Valley News· 1 week agoA federal holiday since 2021, Juneteenth — an amalgam of the month and the date — marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in ...
Utah Women’s Basketball Team Racism Incident Proves NCAA Is Not Protecting Student Athletes
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoTrans student-athletes now routinely have to...to pull out of states with such policies, as The...
Opal Lee’s homecoming: Grandmother of Juneteenth reclaims her family home
Dallas Morning News· 1 week agoOpal Lee’s family and friends and more than 100 people from the community celebrated on Thursday,...
Construction begins on Opal Lee’s new home in Fort Worth
Fox local via AOL· 1 week agoThe grandmother of Juneteenth, Mrs. Opal Lee, is getting a special gift – a new home to replace the...
85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot
Roanoke Times· 4 days ago"I'm not a person who sheds tears often, but I've got a few for this project," said Lee, who was one...
Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner say lack of police reform is frustrating
The Nashua Telegraph· 6 days agoPeople attend Juneteenth celebrations in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, on June 19, 2021....