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The Juneteenth Youth Summit took place Saturday, June 28, at the Goose Creek Community Center. Juneteenth is a federal ...
TROY — Multiple Troy students were among the winners of Oakland County’s first Juneteenth Art & Essay Contest.
Some parts of Accra's principal streets came alive as the African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), in partnership with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Office of Diaspora Affairs, hosted ...
He said many enslaved people across the South knew of the Emancipation Proclamation, but that it didn't mean anything until troops arrived to enforce it.
“No cost. No sign-up. Just show up.” FCPS Food & Nutrition Services is offering summer meals at no charge to all children and ...
The proclamations used to land in my inbox like clockwork — the remembrances of holidays and landmarks, the celebrations of awareness months, the noting of anniversaries both celebratory and tragic.
Salt Lake Community College hosted its fourth annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Music Festival on June 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the ...
While the federal Juneteenth holiday marked its fourth observance as a U.S. federal holiday, people in the Virgin Islands ...
"Emancipation Park is sacred ground." It was important to hold the event, even though it was postponed due to weather last month.
HOUSTON — A special "Juneteenth in July" celebration featuring Grammy-winning artists and a musical tribute to the late Rep.
"You made that decision to turn that man over to be killed," Dane County Circuit Judge Nicholas McNamara told Burage during ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Mayor John Horhn continues to fill out his leadership, announcing several familiar names at ...