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After experiencing the nationwide pearl-clutching over African Americans’ subtle suggestions like civil rights, democracy and paying people for labor, we tend to keep our crazy ideas to ourselves.
Last week, the White House kicked things off early with a concert on the South Lawn for Juneteenth and Black Music Month. Singers Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle were among the the lineup of well ...
“It’s one day where white people are really happy for us.” He added, teasing, “You want to get something from white people, Juneteenth is the day. Take them to the bank.
[44] [12] The Black community began using the word Juneteenth for Jubilee Day early in the 1890s. [8] The word Juneteenth appeared in print in the Brenham Weekly Banner, a white newspaper from Brenham, Texas, as early as 1891. [52] Mentions of Juneteenth celebrations outside of Texas appeared as early as 1909 in Shreveport, Louisiana. [53]
Celebration of the Yoruba people: February: Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United Kingdom and Ireland June: African-American Music Appreciation Month: 1979: December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa: 1966
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
There’s even a red, white and blue Juneteenth flag that represents the end of slavery, freedom and new beginnings. Like most holidays, we want to share pics of our friends and family time ...
Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Black Fourth of July and second Independence Day among other names The post A beginner’s guide to Juneteenth: How can all Americans ...