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Texas was the first state to recognize the date by enacted law, in 1980. By 2002, eight states officially recognized Juneteenth [93] and four years later 15 states recognized the holiday. [50] By 2008, just over half of the states recognized Juneteenth in some way. [94]
TERRY TANG. June 18, 2024 at 11:07 AM. 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 ...
Clara Peoples ( Née Clara Mae Walker [6]) was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on 8 September 1926. She moved to Vanport, Oregon in 1945, working for Kaiser Shipyards during the World War 2 shipbuilding efforts, where she started a Juneteenth event in 1945. Her family was flooded and displaced in the 1948 Vanport floods.
Oregon state senators have come to the unanimous decision to make Juneteenth an official state holiday. The Oregon Senate passed... View Article The post Oregon to recognize Juneteenth as official ...
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On June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth — U.S. Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, [26] which was the last state of the Confederacy with slavery. Juneteenth has been celebrated annually on June 19 ever since in various parts of the United States.
At least 28 states and the District of Columbia now legally recognize Juneteenth as state holidays and give state workers a paid day off. Although in part a celebration, the day is also observed ...
Iowa does not recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday, but it is recognized as an observance. Iowa first observed Juneteenth in 2002, according to Pew Research .