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The Kennett library graciously offered to host the event after the original cancellation, and it ended up becoming a ...
The Trump administration released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the ...
What began as a rainy morning turned into a heartfelt celebration of freedom, heritage and unity as the Montevallo community ...
The African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has marked the 2025 Juneteenth, a commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African ...
The Descendants Project will host panel sessions and an exhibit on the 1811 German Coast slave revolt, at the Woodland Plantation in Laplace ...
Bluffton celebrates Juneteenth with proclamation Town of Bluffton Mayor Larry Toomer presented a Juneteenth proclamation to Angela Douglas during the town's June 11 meeting.
Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered ...
Even the full-force arrival of summertime heat couldn’t slow down the Lake Cumberland Juneteenth Jubilee. The event held Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in ...
Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth is a commemoration of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Decatur's last bowling alley has new owner, name Juneteenth marks the day, June 19, 1865, that news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last remaining slaves in Texas.
That’s when U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, freeing the last 250,000 enslaved African Americans in the country.
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