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Today in History for June 30: ...
On Thursday, the Texas African American Museum (TAAM) marked Juneteenth with music, food, and engaging activities to ...
Juneteenth festival brought hundreds to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, celebrating freedom with a parade and diverse vendors.
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, ...
More than 80 people stood in Thursday’s heat, waiting patiently for the flags to be raised and their anthem to be sung as ...
More than 80 people stood in Thursday’s heat, waiting patiently for the flags to be raised and their anthem to be sung as Steubenville’s ninth-annual Juneteenth celebration kicked off outside Second ...
The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...
During a talk, Young reflected on his friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. and an important lesson he learned early in life ...
Reggie Johnson, president of the NAACP Metuchen Edison Piscataway Area Branch in New Jersey, said he had to move his ...
On January 16, 1865, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15 which ordered the ...
The Walk to the River was first initiated by Mayor Van Johnson in 2024 to commemorate the holiday, and this year turnout for ...
Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...