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It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...
Google marked Juneteenth Thursday with a Google Doodle crafted to represent both African American heritage and culture, and ...
Juneteenth is a day when many Black Americans recognize the birth of freedom from one of the darkest moments in history.
Chicago-area trans and LGBTQ+ community groups responded with disappointment and anger to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care.
Discover the vibrant legacy of Greenwood at Tulsa's Juneteenth Festival, a four-day commemoration of Black freedom featuring live music, food, and entrepreneurship-focused events.
The Switch envelopes several blocks between 1st Ave North and 4th Ave North, extending west from the historic 14th Street Switchyard (I-65) to 16th Street. It sits just west of the Civil Rights ...
Like most federal holidays, expect your local banks and credit unions to be closed in observance of Juneteenth. Postal ...
"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...
The A.V. Club is out of office today in observance of the holiday, which finally became federally recognized in 2021. The ...
A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...
Our weekend top picks also include Buffalo Soldiers National Museum's Juneteenth events, the Houston Symphony and more.
Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...