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Juneteenth state holiday bill passes Alabama House
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHB 4, sponsored by Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, would add the June 19 holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery, to the […] The post ...
97-Year-Old 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee to Receive 8th Honorary Doctorate
People via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoSouthern Methodist University recently announced that during its May 11 commencement ceremony Opal...
Juneteenth moves toward NH official holiday status, advancing in Senate
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCONCORD — Those who have celebrated Juneteenth in New Hampshire might be surprised to learn it’s not...
Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose.
Washington Post· 2 days agoAlabama state Rep. Juandalynn Givan and other Black lawmakers have lobbied for years to have the...
GreenHill to hold Juneteenth celebration this Sunday
The Meridian Star, Miss. via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoApr. 12—GreenHill Missionary Baptist Church in Toomsuba is celebrating Juneteenth early this year and is inviting the community to a special presentation Sunday to commemorate ...
Meet 7 of the candidates vying to be named Ms. Juneteenth in upcoming Topeka pageant
Gannett via AOL· 1 week agoJuneteenth? "When I was little, there wasn't a lot of Black culture, and now that Juneteenth is a...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' shares history, perspective with Colorado Springs students
KOAA5· 2 weeks agoOpal Lee to speak in their schools. Dr. Lee is a retired educator and counselor who was instrumental...
Juneteenth holiday on hold for some at city hall
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoApr. 10—While it seemed to local CSEA president Megan Brewer that her fight to get the City of Lockport to add Juneteenth as a paid holiday for her members ...
Going to a national park in Texas this summer? Here’s when families get in for free
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 17 hours agoIn 2021, Lee got her wish as President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday....
Alabama Juneteenth legislation makes it out the House, now heads to Senate
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 2 weeks agoJuneteenth could soon be a holiday in the state of Alabama. After making it out of the state house...