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Davenport man charged with shooting at woman and 5 children in minivan in Tennessee ...
Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved people statewide.
There are several events being planned this week in Spartanburg to commemorate Juneteenth and also celebrate the area's Black ...
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, The Mixsress, Jahnna Blyden, Atiba Smith and Kari Lebby told Free Times what "liberation" means to ...
Traders have a few other breaks coming on the summer schedule, starting with Independence Day. Stock trading will end early, at 1 p.m. ET, on Thursday, July 3, while bond trading will end at 2 p.m.
From trash pickup and grocery store hours to public transit and mail delivery, here’s what’s open and closed around Philadelphia for Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19.
Local communities will hold Juneteenth flag raisings and celebrations this week to commemorate the end of slavery and to ...
While Juneteenth is recognized as a state and federal holiday, private businesses don't have to close or offer the day off. Here's what some Atlanta businesses have planned.
Pullback by military and corporate sponsors amid the goverment's anti-DEI initiatives put this year’s Juneteenth event in difficult straits, organizer Bob Johnson said.
MIAMI VALLEY — Communities across the area are getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth. We will tell you about the celebration ...
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - People gathered at Rockford’s Ethnic Heritage Museum for its 2025 Juneteenth celebration. Rockford Readers Theatre preformed, reading things like the Emancipation Proclamation ...
The history of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and how it's celebrated.