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Juneteenth is observed on June 19 and several celebrations are scheduled to take place this weekend, including the Central ...
Juneteenth is a federal holiday also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. It's celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ...
June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...
Juneteenth has become one of the most important and symbolic celebrations in African American history in the United States.
Juneteenth marks the moment Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation, freeing a quarter million enslaved people in Texas in 1865. The Standard's Sean Saldana reports on how the city ...
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To close out Juneteenth weekend, the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center will host a second screening of the ...
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's ...
Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...
Juneteenth is a significant day for African Americans, especially in Texas, even before it became a federal holiday. There's a lot of work that goes into getting a holiday federally observed, and much ...
The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...