Congress votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in Texas in 1865.
Politics: commemorates
Jun 17
: …overwhelmingly to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday, elevating the day marking the end of slavery in Texas to a…
Jun 17
: …overwhelmingly to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday, elevating the day marking the end of slavery in Texas to a…
Juneteenth
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Eductaion: coexist
Jul 4
: Republicans say critical race theory is a tool to make…
Jul 4
: U.S. Republicans say critical race theory is a tool to make white people feel guilty and that real patriots must reject it.
UsatodayUsatoday
Politics: African Americans - Lyndon Johnson
Jun 23
: …cast ballots until President Lyndon Johnson signed…
Jun 23
: …Americans in Southern states could not cast ballots until President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Critical Race Theory
UsatodayUsatoday
Eductaion: slavery - Texas Republicans - examining - GOP
Jul 20
: Amid the absence of most Texas House Democrats,…
Jul 20
: Amid the absence of most Texas House Democrats, GOP state senators are pushing to expand restrictions on racism…
UsatodayUsatoday
Eductaion: long-term
Jun 21
: Talking about trauma is not an attempt to downplay…
Jun 21
: Talking about trauma is not an attempt to downplay Black success. Instead, it's a call for America to rectify abuses…
DallasnewsDallasnews
Politics: Juneteenth National Emancipation - slavery - 1865
Jul 6
: History clearly records that towering 19th-…
Jul 6
: History clearly records that towering 19th-century Black abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass did not think much of…
UsatodayUsatoday
Dining: Kamala Harris
Jun 29
: …Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating Juneteenth…
Jun 29
: Several Facebook posts claim to show Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating Juneteenth with a group of white women. That's wrong.
WashingtontimesWashingtontimes
Politics: United States - Martin Luther
Jun 23
: …holiday for the Rev. Martin Luther King’s holiday.
Jun 23
: …after effectively trading President Lincoln’s holiday for the Rev. Martin Luther King’s holiday.
DallasnewsDallasnews
Politics: Juneteenth Saturday - slavery - Texas Gov
Jun 19
: …Border residents will celebrate Juneteenth…
Jun 19
: EL PASO – Border residents will celebrate Juneteenth Saturday by pushing back against what critics see as Texas Gov.
SeattletimesSeattletimes
Politics: Jefferson Davis - Joe Biden
Jun 29
: …best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision,…
Jun 29
: …best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served...
PoliticoPolitico
Politics: Juneteenth - slavery - Texas’ - Emancipation
Jun 19
: Happy Saturday and, more importantly, Happy Juneteenth, y’all!
Jun 19
: …halted a military aid package to Ukraine. Happy Saturday and, more importantly, Happy Juneteenth, y’all!
…Joe Biden (archive) made
Juneteenth a federal holiday,
but some said that, while
they apprec...
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Politics: Juneteenth
Jun 18
: WASHINGTON — Black Americans rejoiced Thursday after President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday,…
Jun 18
: WASHINGTON — Black Americans rejoiced Thursday after President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday,…
…in Los Angeles (archive)
in 2020. Photograph: Jae
C Hong/AP A Juneteenth celebration
in Los Angeles…Theguardian
Politics: slavery
Jun 18
: Biden signs bill at jubilant ceremony as US takes steps to confront shameful history
Jun 18
: Biden signs bill at jubilant ceremony as US takes steps to confront shameful history
Politics: Yakima City Council
Jun 24
: …read a Juneteenth declaration retroactively establishing June 14-June 20 as Juneteenth…
Jun 24
: …read a Juneteenth declaration retroactively establishing June 14-June 20 as Juneteenth Freedom Week in the county.
Politics: Angeles Times REX Shutterstock
Jun 24
: We should celebrate the new holiday, while resisting attempts to co-opt its meaning and…
Jun 24
: We should celebrate the new holiday, while resisting attempts to co-opt its meaning and render it empty ceremony
SeattletimesSeattletimes
Politics: Juneteenth
Jun 21
: The creation of the federal Juneteenth holiday cannot be a substitute for the real change that needs to happen for…
Jun 21
: The creation of the federal Juneteenth holiday cannot be a substitute for the real change that needs to happen for…
ThestarThestar
News: hard-earned
Jun 19
: …families put their hard-earned money on the line, $1.17 million, to purchase 96 acres of beautiful backwood...
Jun 19
: …families put their hard-earned money on the line, $1.17 million, to purchase 96 acres of beautiful backwood...