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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Donald Trump's crowd at black Detroit church raises eyebrows
Newsweek· 5 days agoFormer President Donald Trump's visit to Detroit on Saturday, where he attended a roundtable...
Today in History: Abraham Lincoln accepts Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoOn June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham ...
Opinion | In 1858, Lincoln made a mistake. President Biden, don’t make the same one.
Washington Post· 1 day agoCan he turn the election into a referendum on democracy — and win? The answer might depend on...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 1 day agoAlthough Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has been a federal...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national...
Trump says he can't be racist because he has 'many Black friends'
AOL· 6 days agoFormer President Donald Trump claimed in a new interview published Friday that he can't be racist because he has "so many Black friends." “I have so many Black friends that ...
Sen. John P. Hale in Civil War Washington
New Hampshire Union Leader· 4 days agoRepublican Sen. John P. Hale of Dover campaigned for presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln of Illinois ahead of the ...
Smith: Juneteenth must remind us of our shared humanity
Birmingham News· 1 day agoAs we celebrate Juneteenth, we seem to have forgotten the consequences of dehumanizing our fellow...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth
The Chattanoogan· 1 day agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation ...