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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...
What Juneteenth and ‘freedom’ mean to an 109-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth has become a day to celebrate freedom in the United States, but the survivors of the 1921...
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, 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....
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...
Juneteenth 2023: What the Holiday Represents and How to Celebrate
ET Online via AOL· 11 months agoJuneteenth is just around the corner. The holiday -- named for and celebrated on June 19 --...
Juneteenth: Laverne Cox, Ludacris, Todrick Hall and More on the Meaning of June 19
ET Online via AOL· 11 months agoJuneteenth -- also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day -- commemorates the end of slavery in...
Reflections on Juneteenth: Black civil rights and the influence of fatherhood
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis year, Father's Day falls on the newly minted federal holiday of Juneteenth. For generations,...
How Corporations Can Authentically Honor Juneteenth
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe saw this coming. Prior to 2020, many people, and certainly many brands, did not celebrate or honor Juneteenth in any meaningful way. Then — with all...
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...