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"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...
In this week’s Black and Yellow Report, KRQE Sports Director Van Tate, KRQE Sports Reporter Jared Chester, and Digital Sports ...
Juneteenth, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the United States, has been honored in Vallejo for decades. This year, ...
It’s the 53rd year the event has been celebrating the holiday, which fell on Thursday this year. Juneteenth celebrates the ...
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...
President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, ...
The parade was canceled due to city permitting issues, but the festival continued at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.
Former President Joe Biden celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday at a historic Black church in Texas, calling for Americans to ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — June 19, 1865 –the day all people in the United States were officially granted freedom. All across the ...
Local organization Harambee hosted its Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 21, drawing a crowd to Academy Green Park. The federal holiday honors the end of slavery in the ...
The day is being marked amid President Donald Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the federal ...