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Juneteenth: Laverne Cox, Ludacris, Todrick Hall and More on the Meaning of June 19
ET Online via AOL· 11 months agoJuneteenth -- also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day -- commemorates the end of slavery in...
Bygone Muncie: From a city-wide celebration of Emancipation Day in 1895 to Juneteenth in 2022
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI was delighted to see another Juneteenth celebration this year at McCulloch Park. While it’s only...
Juneteenth is the national holiday, but Tennessee also celebrates on its Emancipation Day
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJuneteenth is the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. But in...
What Is Juneteenth? Here’s Everything You Need to know About the Federal Holiday
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe federal holiday is called Juneteenth as a combination of June and nineteenth. Celebrated on June...
Emancipation Proclamation To Be Permanently Featured At National Archives
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLincoln's order, which declared slaves freed in Confederate-controlled states, has been only...
Opinion: Juneteenth is more than song and dance. It's about history.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJune 19, 1865, is the day enslaved African Americans in Confederate Galveston, Texas, learned that...
Recognizing This Significant Day in History—Here Are 50 Quotes to Better Understand Juneteenth
Parade via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJuneteenth is a day dedicated to recognizing justice and freedom for African Americans and Black...
Florida Emancipation Day celebrated Saturday at Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFlorida's Emancipation Day celebrated with a march in southeast Gainesville from Depot Park to the...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth Independence Day is a federal holiday and will be observed by most government agencies...
'Juneteenth is a celebration': Johnson County hosts daily events ahead of holiday. Here's what to...
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis year’s Juneteenth celebrations will be Johnson County’s biggest, according to event leaders,...