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Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year's Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning.
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Celebrating Juneteenth. We talk about the push to observe and understand the deeper story of the holiday.
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Friday, June 19 is Juneteenth. It’s a day of significance but it’s not a national holiday. In today’s climate of social unrest and calls for change in the…
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On this Juneteenth, NPR is marking the day in 1865 when Union forces arrived in Texas with the news that slavery had been abolished two years earlier with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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In the wake of protests calling for racial equality and other reforms after the killing of George Floyd, there's a growing movement to make June 19 a federal holiday.
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From Texas Standard : The first Juneteenth was not the celebration that it is today. June 19, 1865 was the first day of a federal occupation of Texas,...
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Historical narratives often overlook the contributions of African Americans. The film “A Walk on the River- A Black History of the Alamo City” chronicles…
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June 19 1865 is when word of emancipation finally reached Texas and its slave population. The news was delivered two and a half years after President…
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Juneteenth, or June 19, 1865, was the day word arrived in Texas that slavery had been abolished.
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Juneteenth, the day when many African-Americans mark the end of slavery, is also associated with traditional foods from the black community. One woman wants to revive a traditional treat: tea cakes.