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Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoBut it wasn't until a few years ago that he heard about Florida's Emancipation...20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War, to announce that President Lincoln's < ...
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 5 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“It’s an incredible piece of photographic history. Barnard had an incredible eye and was in the...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Gannett via AOL· 13 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, to free enslaved African Americans, it took time ...
The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
WPBF Palm Beach· 18 hours agoThe Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
The Reason Behind Red Juneteenth Foods and Drinks Isn't So Straight Foward
Good Housekeeping· 4 days agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt is the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take over the state and ensure all...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFew remember the song because it played only during the six-week run of My People, a show staged in Chicago in 1963 during a centenary celebration of the...
Dave Anderson: Discard the principle vs. compromise distinction
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 18 hours agoOne of the most basic conflicts in politics, and in life in general, is whether to stand by your...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...