Jun 19, 2023 | Jazz, Juneteenth
The day of June 19, shortened to Juneteenth, marks an important holiday in our country. Widely considered the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth has its origins in the announcement on June 19, 1865, by Union Major General...
Jun 19, 2023 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Juneteenth
As Juneteenth nears, it is a time for Black America to especially reflect and honor its beginnings and the journey still left ahead. The celebration of the emancipation of enslaved people everywhere has not always been nationally recognized, but in the cities across...
Jun 19, 2023 | History, Juneteenth
Welcome to Juneteenth – a federal holiday that’s supposed to unite, but sadly, divides. On June 19th, 1865, union soldiers proclaimed the end of the Civil War and slavery in Galveston, Texas, an event that has come to symbolize the end of slavery nationwide....
Jun 19, 2023 | History, Juneteenth
Americans across the country this weekend celebrated Juneteenth, marking the relatively new national holiday with cookouts, parades and other gatherings as they commemorated the end of slavery after the Civil War. While many have treated the long holiday weekend as a...
Jun 20, 2022 | Juneteenth
People across the country will observe Juneteenth Monday, a year after it became a federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed legislation last year making June 19 the nation’s 12th federal holiday. June 19, 1865, was the day that Union soldiers arrived in...
Jun 20, 2022 | Juneteenth
On Monday, America marks our second Juneteenth national holiday. Some will focus on the severe pain and death that slavery inflicted on Blacks between 1619 and 1865. It would be far more useful, however, to celebrate so much that Black Americans have accomplished...
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