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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOn June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...
Juneteenth is here — here's how to celebrate with family and friends
TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDay, takes place on June 19 each year, and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States....
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
The Today Show via AOL· 6 days agoA combination of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” the annual federal holiday recognizes the end of...
How Lincoln dealt with depression and found greatness
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhat do you credit President Lincoln with accomplishing? President Lincoln consistently ranks in...
ICIVICS AND THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION LAUNCH "BRIEF THE CHIEF," A NEW DIGITAL GAME...
WFRV 5 Green Bay· 6 days agoDeveloped in consultation with top historians and educational games experts, Brief the Chief gives students insight into American history by teaching them how Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln ...
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
CBS News· 3 days agoOpal Lee has long made headlines in North Texas, and throughout the country. This time, she's being...
Exhibit on emancipation at Williams College powerful, necessary
Albany Times Union· 7 days agoThe anchor is the 1862 executive order by Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, which has...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WSB Radio· 2 days agoNineteen people were awarded the highest civilian honor in the country.
The beauty of hate: A literary analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Euphoria’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOPINION: Kendrick Lamar’s latest beef ballad elevates the diss record subgenre to an art form, and...
Guest Spot: The entire North Fork should celebrate Juneteenth - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 2 days agoObserved on June 19, Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. It commemorates the day in 1865 when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston ...