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Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
Jun 19, 2015 · Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The...
Jun 19, 2023 · Juneteenth – also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day and Emancipation Day – commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Opal Lee, the ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’...
Jun 15, 2023 · What is Juneteenth and who helped make it a federal holiday? When did the last enslaved people in the United States learn they were free?
Jun 12, 2023 · June 12, 2023. • 6 min read. Juneteenth is known to some in the United States as the country’s “ second Independence Day .” Observed each year on June 19, the holiday marks the end of slavery...
Jun 16, 2023 · President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions. June 16, 2023 • Statements and Releases. One of my proudest actions as President has been signing the bipartisan law...
Jun 18, 2024 · Since Juneteenth 2023, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court ruled that universities can no longer consider race as a factor in deciding on student admissions.
Jun 19, 2023 · Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth this weekend, the third year since the holiday was given federal status by President Biden in 2021. The date commemorates the fall of slavery in ...
Jun 12, 2024 · Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War, has been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s.
Jun 7, 2024 · A Juneteenth celebration held in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2023 Stephanie Keith / Getty Images. In June 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill designating Juneteenth —the longstanding...
