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The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...
Memphis festival aims to celebrate June 19, 1865, when enslaved Texans learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Short for “June Nineteenth,” the holiday marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the ...
Juneteenth has long been recognized and celebrated, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. But it didn't become a ...
The founder of the Black Archives of Mid-America brought Juneteenth to Kansas City in 1980. This year's celebrations include ...
The Corpus Christi community gathered on Saturday for the NAACP’s Juneteenth Arts and Education Contest, using creativity to ...
The city of Bridgeport partnered with Juneteenth of Fairfield County on Saturday for its annual parade followed by ...
The Statesman has gathered 11 Juneteenth events to celebrate the state and federal holiday, from car shows to cookouts, in ...
As June 19 — better known as Juneteenth — approaches, several celebrations are happening across the Baytown area to ...
Juneteenth Ohio Festival Genoa Park, 303 West Broad St., Columbus On June 21 and 22, the 28th annual Juneteenth Ohio Festival ...
The city of South Euclid will hold its 5th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day of Celebration Sunday, June 8 at the South Euclid ...
The holiday is officially observed on June 19, marking the day Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of ...