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Communities celebrate Juneteenth 2025 across East Texas
The City of Kilgore celebrated Juneteenth with a parade and cookout on Saturday. The Kilgore Legacy Foundation hosted the ...
Juneteenth may be more subdued this year, but Houston is still grappling with the questions it raises
The mood of the nation is different now than it was when Juneteenth became our newest federal holiday in 2021. Even with the ...
Celebrate Juneteenth in Central Texas with 9 family-friendly events across the Austin area
The Statesman has gathered 9 Juneteenth events to celebrate the state and federal holiday, from car shows to cookouts, in the ...
The Grandmother of Juneteenth, still battling for change at 98
In her 90s, Opal Lee walked to Washington to demand that June 19, the day that marks the end of slavery, become a national holiday – for all to remember what freedom really means.
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Thousands attend Long Beach’s 5th annual Juneteenth celebration
The city held its fifth annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 14, at Rainbow Lagoon Park, with Lalah Hathaway, a ...
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Tyler's Juneteenth parade brings locals together for a day of celebration of freedom, heritage
Hundreds gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tyler on Saturday morning to celebrate freedom, heritage, and ...
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APRILTEENTH: Arkansas’ Juneteenth is April 14th 1865
Juneteenth turns 160 years old. Officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021—becoming America’s 11th national ...
Wet weather doesn’t stop Medina from celebrating Juneteenth
For the fourth year in a row, hundreds gathered on Medina’s square to celebrate freedom and solidarity with the community’s ...
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Juneteenth: The truth behind the delay that freed Texas slaves two years late
Juneteenth is often described as the day “slavery ended in Texas,” but the truth behind it tells a deeper, more sobering ...