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Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 to honor the slaves in Texas who were emancipated in 1865, more than two years ...
Pittsburgh's Juneteenth festivities kicked off in Mellon Park on Thursday. One hundred sixty years ago, enslaved African ...
What is Juneteenth? What is the proper way to celebrate it? Should holiday observers attend barbecues and cookouts? Should ...
Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...
Corey Powell, co-chair of the Lubbock Juneteenth committee, says the freedoms fought and died for many years ago should never ...
LYNNWOOD —Project Girl hosted its third annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at Cedar Valley Community School in Lynnwood on ...
Each June, communities across the United States gather to celebrate Juneteenth, a blend of "June" and "nineteenth”, as the ...
Juneteenth marks the day when slavery ended in the United States, and across the country, people celebrate. On June 19, 1865, ...
Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous.” ...
But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday yet. That holiday ...
Juneteenth celebrations in Grand Rapids kicked off Thursday, June 19, in southeast Grand Rapids with a parade along Eastern ...
The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...