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"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...
June 19th marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans and became a federal holiday in 2021 under President Biden. But ...
Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...
The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...
As towns and cities across the United States today celebrate the anniversary of the end of slavery on Juneteenth, see how ...
June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to tone any commemoration of Juneteenth way, way down, in keeping with his ...
Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...
Sanford and Orlando Entertainment hosts a Juneteenth block party at the Sanford Riverwalk with live music, food, dancing, ...
Gov. Polis celebrated Juneteenth in a statement on Thursday, referring to the now-also federal holiday as “Freedom Day,” as ...
Four singers from the Gullah islands off the coast of South Carolina are headed to Denver for a performance they will give at ...