Kansas City celebrates Juneteenth all month long, starting with a parade this weekend
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago“We have seen great interest this year and definitely taking it up a notch with what we are...
Your Guide to Juneteenth: Everything You Need to Know About the Holiday
Redbook via AOL· 2 days agoHave questions about Juneteenth, the now-federal holiday celebrated on June 19th? Read this to find...
Juneteenth Atlanta Parade & Music Festival
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe 11th Annual Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and Music Festival is gearing up for a celebration of freedom, unity, and equality. Taking place in Atlanta’s...
The 11th Annual Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and Music Festival celebrates freedom, unity and equality
Miami Herald· 2 hours agoJune is here, which marks the start of month-long celebrations in honor of Juneteenth. Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day – is a holiday that celebrates ...
25+ Bay Area Juneteenth celebrations for 2023
San Jose Mercury News· 6 hours agoHere’s a full roundup of Bay Area Juneteenth festivals, celebrations and local happenings
The gentrification of Juneteenth - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 13 hours agoTruth be told, many Black people never wanted a federal Juneteenth holiday. For generations, we’d done just fine in commemorating June 19, 1865, when...
The 15 best ways to celebrate Juneteenth in the D.C. area
Washington Post· 7 hours agoThroughout the D.C. area, Juneteenth has long been a time of celebration: parades, festivals and events remembering the day in 1865 when the enslaved people of Galveston, ...
Denton Juneteenth to parade participants: If you oppose DEI, skip our event
Denton Record-Chronicle· 3 hours agoDenton Juneteenth has a message for those considering joining the annual parade: If you don't...
A Des Moines public bus is honoring Juneteenth in a new way
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoIowa Juneteenth chair Dwana Bradley said she hopes when people step on the bus, they not only see...
Celebrating Juneteenth
Texarkana Gazette· 12 hours agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which established an official holiday to commemorates the end of slavery in the United States ...
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Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Cel-Liberation Day, is an American holiday celebrated on June 19. On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation— which had been issued on January 1, 1863— was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas by Gordon Granger. wikipedia.org
- June 19
- Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Cel-Liberation Day, Emancipation Day
- Residents of the United States, especially African Americans, Mascogos
- Annual
- Emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy
- Exploration and celebration of African American history and heritage
- Ethnic, historical
