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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.” But on ...

While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, people who were enslaved in Confederate states could not exercise their freedoms, according to the National Museum ...

A fundraising dinner to benefit the seventh-annual Potsdam community-wide Juneteenth Celebration will be held Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Reservations are requested for seating at a community meal and to-go ...

The holiday traces back 160 years on the island, to the day General Gordon Granger announced enslaved people were free two ...

The recent article asserting that the Black community was not excluded from the Oct. 16 press event is inaccurate and dismissive of the lived reality of many who have protected ...

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Back in September 2020, then-President Donald Trump — ever the showman — made a bold pitch to Black voters: he would make Juneteenth a federal holiday. It was part of his glossy “Platinum Plan,” which ...

On Juneteenth, the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, gathered to honor a history of resilience. "They had a rhythm in Rondo, it had a different vibe than any other place in the city of St.

Juneteenth has been celebrated since 1866 and commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger told slaves in ...

TULSA, Okla. — Man accused of taking part in a deadly shooting at a Juneteenth Festival in Tulsa has pleaded guilty. Timetrious Moore pleaded guilty to several counts in court on Thursday. The counts ...