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As we celebrate our freedom and honor our heritage, we will continue to redeem the dream and continue building our ...
Letter writers discuss history of Juneteenth, Holocaust exhibit in Virginia Beach and gubernatorial candidate Abigail ...
On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...
Earlier this month, the Lawrence County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau unveiled two historic markers in Ironton, dedicated ...
Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...
The Trump administration will likely lose those cases, thanks to the strong American tradition of jury resistance.
"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...
Samuel Osborne and his family, who became beloved members of the Waterville community in the late 19th century, were honored ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Juneteenth celebrations are underway across the country Thursday, marking the anniversary of June 19, 1865 — the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free ...
Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...
The complete freeing of slaves in the United States didn’t happen when many think it did. Juneteenth will help Americans ...
President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other ...