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Community group honors Juneteenth holiday
Community organization Vacaville People's Forum recognized Thursday as Juneteenth in a news release on social media. Made a federal holiday by former President Joe Biden, June 19, commemorates when ...
Corey Powell, co-chair of the Lubbock Juneteenth committee, says the freedoms fought and died for many years ago should never ...
The former president asked that people vote and help others register to vote at the Emancipation Service at Reedy Chapel.
CHARLOTTE, NC — From Uptown to University City, Juneteenth celebrations covered Charlotte on Thursday. The story of Juneteenth began 160 years ago when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to ...
Five years ago, the nation recognized the first Juneteenth. It marks the day in 1965 when Union soldiers went to Galveston, ...
It was a celebration with meaning as people came out late Thursday afternoon for a Juneteenth Celebration at Lions Park in Austin. A large group from the public came out to take part in community fun ...
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Juneteenth flag ceremony held in North Las Vegas
Juneteenth, held every June 19, commemorates the day when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of ...
Juneteenth celebrations in Grand Rapids kicked off Thursday, June 19, in southeast Grand Rapids with a parade along Eastern ...
The Blacks in Technology of Southwest Virginia put together a Juneteenth Celebration: A Day of Independence and Unity at the ...
Music could be heard throughout the Sioux City Public Museum on Thursday during Sioux City’s NAACP Juneteenth celebration.
It’s Juneteenth, and celebrations are underway across Southern Colorado. On June 19 in 1865, some of the last slaves finally learned about the Emancipation Proclamation.
But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...