reclaiming family land lost in the Deep South
Revealed! A black landowner's battle for justiceSaul Blair is fulfilling a promise made to his late mother by battling to...
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Is Juneteenth a federal holiday? What’s open and closed this week?
What is Juneteenth, America's newest federal holiday?Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. It became a federal holiday in 2021.Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and became a federal holiday in 2021. Here's what to know about the holiday and what businesses will be open and closed on that day.June 19, 1865 is known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day when slaves in Galveston Texas learned of their freedom following the President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War.Juneteenth celebrations and...