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Bookmark or Share- Juneteenth | History, Meaning, Importance, & Facts | BritannicaJuneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It is also called Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day. The name “Juneteenth” references the date of the holiday, combining the words “June” and “nineteenth.”
- What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday | CNNJuneteenth – 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,’...
- Juneteenth: What It Is And How It Is Observed : NPREmancipation Day is celebrated in 1905 in Richmond, Va., the onetime capital of the Confederacy. Library of Congress. It goes by many names. Whether you call it Emancipation Day, Freedom Day...
- The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth | National Museum of African ...Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900 held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin. Credit: Austin History Center. On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place.
- What to know about Juneteenth, the emancipation holiday - NBC NewsJuneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, will be celebrated by Black Americans this Friday amid a national reckoning on race prompted by the police killing of...
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