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A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...
As communities across the United States prepare to observe Juneteenth, a day of profound significance that commemorates the ...
The push to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, which successfully led to the first national Juneteenth observance in 2021, brought a new wave of attention to the history behind this celebration.
The inaugural Juneteenth celebration was in 1866 in Texas, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. Within a few years, Juneteenth celebrations in Texas had grown to include thousands of people ...
Ok, I'm looking at Walmart, right? On what's wrong with Walmart's Juneteenth-flavored ice cream I mean, why are you taking the celebration of the emancipation of slavery, in certain parts of the U ...
The Juneteenth flag is a creation of Ben Haith, founder of the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation, and artist Lisa Jeanne Graf. Designed in 1997, it combines the red, white and blue of the ...
a group of African American ministers and businessmen in Houston purchased 10 acres of land and created Emancipation Park which was intended to hold the city’s annual Juneteenth celebration.
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WCTV) - The annual Juneteenth celebration in Thomasville not only honors the enslaved people who came before us and their freedom, but focuses on unlocking the shackles that bind ...