In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday; several others followed suit over the years. In June 2021, Congress passed a resolution establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday; President Biden signed it into law on June 17, 2021. ...
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The holiday was little known outside of African-American communities for the first half of the 20th Century. Juneteenth's profile was raised during the 1960s Civil Rights fight. In 1980 Texas made Juneteenth a state holiday. Since then, marking June 19, Juneteenth, as an American day of...
Is Juneteenth a National Holiday? In the years after Emancipation, as the formerly enslaved people moved around the country seeking lost family and opportunities, stories about celebrations on that day in Texas went with them. As time went on, those stories and celebrations evolved intoJuneteenth...
To celebrate your Juneteenth weekend, we've curated a list of 20 films that celebrate Black joy, celebration, and inspiration -- and are all available on the most popular streaming services. Enjoy these wonderful films, celebrate this wonderful holiday, and continue the fight for Black justice...
Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the former Confederacy, has been celebrated as a holiday by many black Americans since shortly after thehistoric eventsof June 19th, 1865. This year, with the movement to end racial injustice back in the news, a number of companies have taken ...
“The future of Juneteenth looks bright as the number of cities and states creating Juneteenth to be a state holiday continues to increase. I am proud to say that Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday now in North Dakota! But let's not forget as it takes on a more national, ...
June 19th marks the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas in 1865. The holiday has grown to represent a celebration of the emancipation of all African Americans. The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle invites you to join us this weekend, June 6th – 8th, as we celebrate the...
But as different voices enter the culturally and politically shifting landscape, the newly recognized federal holiday — which honors the emancipation of the last enslaved people here in the United States on June 19 — could, or at the very least should, pop up more on screens large and small...