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Juneteenth, observed on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were ...
Juneteenth celebrations on King Drive will partner with Summerfest this year, creating a day-long celebration of freedom and ...
Las Vegas Valley residents began Juneteenth ... at the festival. Brown said that his family is originally from Mississippi and that the food served on Saturday was flown in from back home.
Juneteenth is here — and many activists believe this year will be the starting point in working toward a "new America." The annual June 19 celebration, which commemorates the end of slavery in ...
After this event, many attendees returned home to initiative Juneteenth celebrations — laying the groundwork for the holiday ...
As the nation marks Juneteenth today, plans are in place for a larger, local celebration this weekend ... but Blair County was also home to a number of prominent civil rights leaders, such ...