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a black, green, yellow, and red Juneteenth Freedom Day graphic

History of Juneteenth

June 7, 2024 btwuser 0

President Abraham Lincoln declared an end to slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. Following the Union army’s success at […]

Black Civil War re-enactors Lt James Hayes (from left), Samuel Stephenson and Marvin-Alonzo Greer are shown during a Juneteenth celebration at the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum. Photo: AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson

Happy Juneteenth

June 19, 2015 btwuser 0

President Abraham Lincoln declared an end to slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. Following the Union army’s success at […]