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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 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.
Juneteenth on Thursday commemorates when the last enslaved Black people in the country were finally told they were free. What ...
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 ...
Importing slaves into the United States had been illegal since 1808 ... from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to map the contours of the riverbed and detect any submerged objects.
In 1811, enslaved people along Louisiana's German Coast organized the largest slave revolt in United States history. The beginning of chattel slavery in North America birthed something else ...
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 ...
Temperatures are expected to range from the upper 80s into the mid 90s across Florida on June 19. In east central Florida, ...