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Juneteenth History: How the Holiday Started and Evolved Over Time
Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...
History, resilience highlighted at Greenfield Village's Juneteenth celebration
Celebrated each year on June 19, Juneteenth commemorates the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were informed ...
Juneteenth endures even as the rest of Black history is under attack by Trump and GOP. Here’s why.
It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...
On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's ...
Milwaukee's 54th Juneteenth parade celebrates freedom with dance, art, unity
Dancing and music filled King Drive at Milwaukee's 54th annual Juneteenth celebration on June 19. The day featured a vibrant ...
Fort Worth ‘showed out’ for Juneteenth walk as Opal Lee attends virtually
Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...
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Juneteenth events planned across Middle TN
Several events and ceremonies are planned across Middle Tennessee to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. Republicans frustrated ...
Savannah Mayor leads second annual Juneteenth Walk to the River to commemorate holiday
The Walk to the River was first initiated by Mayor Van Johnson in 2024 to commemorate the holiday, and this year turnout for ...