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Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination ...
Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved ...
It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...
With Trump officials pushing to end diversity efforts, civil rights leaders and experts explain why Black organizations were ...
The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday — expanding its ...
In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their ...
A celebration of Black history and freedom, the day rose in prominence following the sweeping protests against racial ...