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Civil rights icon Opal Lee headed to Japan to share the story ofJuneteenth, message of freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 8 hours agoLee is a civil rights icon who championed Juneteenth awareness, an informal Texas holiday celebrated...
Oldest Juneteenth Organization Acknowledges White House for Recognizing Representative Al Edwards...
Digital Journal· 7 days agoElected to the Texas State Legislature in 1979, Edwards authored and championed the bill that established Juneteenth as a state ...
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 6 days agoOn June 19, 1865, Texas became the last state to finally enforce the law. Since then, Juneteenth is...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHere's more to know about the holiday, opposition against it, and legislative efforts to recognize ...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoIt became the 11th federally recognized holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe... Bill S.475. What is Juneteenth? When President Abraham Lincoln..
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 3 days agoThe White House said the recipients are “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn Florida, the state's own Emancipation Day has also had informal and more formal celebrations through the ages, said...June 19, 1865, final reinforcement of the Emancipation ...
MassLive wants your suggestions for Black leaders to celebrate during Juneteenth
The Republican· 6 days agoWhile the date of June 19, 1865, has been remembered and commemorated as Juneteenth, it didn’t...
Texas city breaks – an urban adventure through Houston, San Antonio and Austin
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 days agoUSA TRAVEL: Away from the plains and ranchlands, Shelley Rubenstein visits three very different...