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  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    When is Juneteenth 2025? What Juneteenth means and how to celebrate explained

    Americans will celebrate their next public holiday on Thursday, when 19 June is commemorated as Juneteenth across the US. The holiday was created after Congress passed a bill on the subject in June 2021, with then President Joe Biden later signing the …

    Source: Indy100 - Left-wing
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Juneteenth: Pause to Reflect On This Significant Holiday 

    Dr. Joanne Martin, co-founder and president of the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland, continues one of the museum’s missions “to stimulate an interest in African American history by revealing the little-known, often neglected …

    Source: The Baltimore Times - Maryland - Pending
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    2025 Juneteenth Events

     President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. At this point in time, the American Civil War had already been raging for years. The passage of the Thirteenth Amendment after the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865 …

    Source: The Baltimore Times - Maryland - Pending
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Juneteenth Deserves the Same Reverence as the Fourth of July

    As the country approaches another Fourth of July—its annual celebration of independence—there is another patriotic milestone that deserves equal attention: Juneteenth. While fireworks, parades, and patriotic songs fill the streets on July 4, a quieter and …

    Source: The Baltimore Times - Maryland - Pending
  • Published on Jun 12, 2025

    A Parade of Ignorance

    Benito Mussolini took a keen interest in Roman archaeology; that did not make Roman archaeology a bad thing. President Donald Trump has ordered a parade in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States Army, which does not make the parade a bad thing. …

    Source: The Atlantic - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Urbana kicks off Juneteenth celebrations with 'Reflections and Reflections'

    URBANA, Ill. (WAND) — As Juneteenth -- a day commemorating the end of slavery after the Civil War -- comes closer, local communities are gearing up for the holiday. Urbana hosted their first event, "Juneteenth 2025: Reflections and Reverence Ceremony …

    Source: Wand - Illinois - Pending
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    ‘A powerful legacy’: Mother Emanuel’s impact on Charleston stretches from past to present

    CHARLESTON, S.C. — “The legacy of African history and the African presence here in Charleston is extensive. It’s expansive, it’s resilient. You know, for for most of Charleston’s history, and for that matter, for the state of South Carolina, the black …

    Source: WSOC 9 - North Carolina - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Juneteenth celebrations planned for next week in Jefferson County

    MARTINSBURG — Communities across the Eastern Panhandle are preparing to mark Juneteenth on and around Thursday, June 19, with a series of commemorative events celebrating freedom, heritage and community. First named a West Virginia state holiday in 2023, …

    Source: The Journal - West Virginia - Pending
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Juneteenth Celebration Is Saturday In Downtown Newberry

     All are welcome to learn the history, share the stories, taste the food, hear the music and see the talent of the community at this year’s Newberry Juneteenth event. The event will take place on Saturday, June 14 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. According to …

    Source: WKDK - South Carolina - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    From Fort Bragg to L.A., Trump enlists the military in a slow-motion coup

    One can’t help but wonder if Braxton Bragg — the infamous and incompetent Confederate general who owned 105 enslaved African Americans, waged war on Mexicans, and was so awful his own troops tried to assassinate him ... twice — was looking up from his …

    Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania - Center-left
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    A deeper look at the meaning of Juneteenth

    Editor: The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, putting an end to the enslavement of 3 million people of African descent (not African Americans because slaves were property, thus were not accepted in this …

    Source: The Press - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Here’s how Penn is celebrating Juneteenth this year

    The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit. Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site. Multiple Penn groups will host events to celebrate Juneteenth during the third week of June. Credit: Jackson Ford The University community has …

    Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Juneteenth celebration returns at Southside Community center

    Though not exactly on the June 19 holiday, the theme for this year’s celebration is "Stay Awake and Resist" – a call to action rooted in culture, freedom, and pride which harkens back to holiday roots In prior years, the scent of Soul Food and …

    Source: Ithaca Journal - New York - Pending
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Mayfield to celebrate Juneteenth with community festivities, history and fellowship

    MAYFIELD, Ky. — The Mayfield community is invited to celebrate Juneteenth with public events on Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15. Recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery known as emancipation in the …

    Source: WPSD-TV - Kentucky - Pending
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    How the First Black Bank Was Looted

    Review of Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank by Justene Hill Edwards (W. W. Norton, 2024) Among the myriad metrics of inequality today, none appear so quintessentially American as the racial wealth gap. Today white households …

    Source: Jacobin - Left-wing
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    The Southside Juneteenth Jubilee At The Bethlehem Center

    A taste of Juneteenth arrives this weekend in Southside Chattanooga, a few days before next week’s holiday. The Bethlehem Center - the faith-based nonprofit serving youth and families in the Alton Park neighborhood - hosts its annual Southside Juneteenth …

    Source: WUTC - Tennessee - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Opinion: Juneteenth in Alaska is more than a holiday — it’s a call to action

    Names of United States Colored Troops soldiers on the African American Civil War Memorial during Juneteenth commemorations on June 19, 2024, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) On June 19, with some communities celebrating the weekend before as well, …

    Source: Anchorage Daily News - Alaska - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 13, 2025

    Shelton man shares personal connection with Juneteenth during city celebration

    The Shelton High School band performed jazz standards to an audience at a corporate park in Shelton Wednesday night. A choir of high school students sang Lift Every Voice and Sing. And drawings, and factoids of African American leaders compiled by students …

    Source: Connecticut Public Radio - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jun 12, 2025

    Festivals, fireworks celebrate Juneteenth across Northern Virginia

    Celebrations are set across Northern Virginia for the nation’s youngest holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth marks the day a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 …

    Source: InsideNoVa - Virginia - Pending

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