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The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMany Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in...
Juneteenth became a federal holiday two years ago. What does the day commemorate?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCorrection: A previous version of this story misstated the year the 13th Amendment was passed. In...
How Juneteenth Became Commercialized And What That Means For The Holiday
Blavity via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs Americans prepare to celebrate Juneteenth for the third time since it became a federal holiday in...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Juneteenth: The long road to becoming a federal holiday
The Hill via AOL· 10 months agoSue Johnson was born and raised in Galveston, Texas, a city on the Gulf Coast. She still remembers...
What does the Juneteenth flag look like? Can it be celebrated with July 4th? It's complicated
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth represents independence for Black people, and since its recognition as a federal holiday...
What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second”...
Juneteenth 2022: Greater Lansing youth share their thoughts on the holiday, freedom and more
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor nearly 30 years, the Lansing Juneteenth Celebration has ensured that commemoration and...
Bastrop City Council makes Juneteenth a city holiday after rejecting proposal last year
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Bastrop City Council on June 28 voted unanimously to establish Juneteenth as a city holiday. The...
A question while celebrating: ‘Is Juneteenth the only federal holiday where its history is banned?’
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoAs people cooked out and paraded, author Michelle Duster posed a query on Twitter about measures in...