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Liberation Station, the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, will be returning to a ...
ROME, N.Y. -- After facing weather-related issues in June, the Rome NAACP was able to hold its Juneteenth celebration. Bad weather forced the organization to postpone the June celebration. Community ...
Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, although it is not universally observed. Oklahoma County observes it, ...
An Oklahoma County Commissioner is setting the record straight after being at the center of a short-live controversy Tuesday ...
Oklahoma State Senator Nikki Nice advocates for recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, citing Oklahoma's historic ties.
Emancipation Day celebrates when Andrew Johnson freed his slaves on August 8, 1863. Sam Johnson, a former slave, set up the ...
One statue was pulled down with ropes and chains on Juneteenth in 2020 as part of mass protests following the death of George ...
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020.
Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring ...
After spending nearly three decades preaching in two different centuries, James Ingram has stepped away from his pulpit.