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Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating a significant step toward the end of slavery in the United States, marks a ...
To mark Juneteenth, the North Star Underground Railroad Museum, SUNY Plattsburgh and John Brown Lives! are hosting an art ...
Juneteenth on Thursday commemorates when the last enslaved Black people in the country were finally told they were free. What ...
Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.
A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair ...
A proposal to rename part of Slave Cave Road in Barren County is under consideration as local leaders aim to unify the name ...
The dots—which represent individual slave ships—also correspond to the size of each voyage. The larger the dot, the more enslaved people on board. And if you pause the map and click on a dot ...
Many University of Florida students walk through the halls of Smathers Library without realizing they are just steps away ...
How many have fallen we know not. The constant roar of the cannon is so distressing that we cannot Eat, Drink or Sleep.” This ...
The sale of public lands as part of Trump's tax bill has been a divisive measure, and a proposal to sell around 500,000 acres ...
Check out the Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum's planetarium show to celebrate Juneteenth from 10-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m ...