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What Juneteenth and ‘freedom’ mean to an 109-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJuneteenth has become a day to celebrate freedom in the United States, but the survivors of the 1921...
Buffalo Victim’s Son Wants Juneteenth to Be a Call to Action
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScott OlsonThe son of 86-year-old Buffalo massacre victim Ruth Whitfield has told The Daily Beast...
Opinion: Juneteenth is more than song and dance. It's about history.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJune 19, 1865, is the day enslaved African Americans in Confederate Galveston, Texas, learned that...
Juneteenth: Laverne Cox, Ludacris, Todrick Hall and More on the Meaning of June 19
ET Online via AOL· 10 months agoJuneteenth -- also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day -- commemorates the end of slavery in...
Juneteenth 2023: What the Holiday Represents and How to Celebrate
ET Online via AOL· 10 months agoJuneteenth is just around the corner. The holiday -- named for and celebrated on June 19 --...
Juneteenth: What is the historically important day and how did it start?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the...
Juneteenth is now a major TV event. Check out the schedule
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA couple years ago, the holiday known as Juneteenth had a mixed existence. To some people, it was...
Juneteenth, Fatherhood, and Change: “These Conversations Are So Important To Our Evolution and Our...
SPIN via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome people ask why we should celebrate Juneteenth when we already have Martin Luther King Jr. Day....
Celebrating freedom: Parades, festivals, galas, concerts to mark Juneteenth in Connecticut
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2022, for the first time, Juneteenth is both a federal and state holiday in Connecticut. The...
Amid Juneteenth celebrations, 109-year-old Tulsa race riot survivor tells News of 1921 massacre that...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor years, she wouldn’t admit it. For years after that, she wouldn’t even discuss it. Even thinking...