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Alabama again considers making Juneteenth at state holiday
Birmingham News· 4 days agoAlabama lawmakers are again considering creating a permanent state holiday on Juneteenth to...
CLN drops Juneteenth holiday
Coeur d'Alene Press· 5 days agoThe Community Library Network will no longer observe Juneteenth, the state and federally recognized holiday that marks the end of slavery ...
‘It’s amazing’: Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, is getting a new home for only $10
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJune 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which...
85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot
WKBT La Crosse· 3 days ago"I'm not a person who sheds tears often, but I've got a few for this project," said Lee, who was one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday ...
Opal Lee’s homecoming: Grandmother of Juneteenth reclaims her family home
Dallas Morning News· 7 days agoOpal Lee’s family and friends and more than 100 people from the community celebrated on Thursday,...
Who is Francis Scott Key? What to know about the namesake of collapsed Baltimore bridge
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe dislodging of Key's monument on Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery, came at...