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What is Juneteenth? The meaning behind the June 19 federal holiday and how it's celebrated
Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions like discarding clothing worn during enslavement, the holiday has since grown beyond Texas and the South.
June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...
Jun. 19 is Juneteenth, a time to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865, more than 200,000 ...
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...
From Galveston to the Guggenheim, Black communities are gathering in joy—even as DEI gains, Black history and hard-won ...
Juneteenth is now a federal and state holiday, although Tallahassee has its own holiday on May 20th to honor the day the ...
This year marks the fourth year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while ...
Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. after the Civil War. It has been celebrated by African ...
The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...
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