Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday: Here’s What You Need to Know

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrating the freedom of Black Americans who were still enslaved after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The post Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday: Here’s What You Need to Know appears on Faithfully Magazine. Faithfully...

It’s Time to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

Although June 19 marks one of the most important events in American history—the conclusion of two and a half centuries of racialized slavery—Juneteenth has yet to become a national holiday. The post It's Time to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday appeared first...