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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...
Juneteenth is Sunday. What's the significance behind the federal holiday?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Sunday, June 19, Americans will observe the nation's youngest federal holiday – Juneteenth, which...
The Importance of Juneteenth - the Newest Federal Holiday
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely...
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: 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's Juneteenth? Everything to know about holiday celebrating end of slavery in the US
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, is observed...
Juneteenth is America's newest federal holiday. Here's where you can celebrate in Oklahoma
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor Americans, summer is a season for celebrating freedom. The last Monday of May is Memorial Day,...
Juneteenth is a state holiday, but Lafayette government workers may not get the day off
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJuneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of chattel slavery in the United States, will be a state...
How Juneteenth Became a National Holiday
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJuneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day,...
This 96-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
