20 June 2024 - Juneteenth National Independence Day in the US
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
Ahjané Forbes (USA TODAY, 16/06/2024)
Three years after it was made a federal holiday, Juneteenth 2024 marks a day of celebration as well as education.
The federal holiday known as “Second Independence Day,” marks the day the last African American slaves were notified that they had been freed from their masters, the National Museum of African American History and Culture said.
On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached
Charles M. Blow (The New York Times, 18/06/2024)
Last week at a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris said that on June 19, 1865, after Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, “The enslaved people of Texas learned they were free.” On that day, she said, “they claimed their freedom.”
Before Juneteenth
Susannah J. Ural and Ann Marsh Daly (TIME, 17/06/2024)
In a quiet corner of a library at Mississippi State University, you’ll find a slim red volume that tells the story of what may be America’s first Juneteenth. It took place in New Orleans in the summer of 1864 to celebrate the day of liberation for the enslaved people living in the 13 Louisiana parishes exempted from President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued the previous January.
Republican Candidate Tells Black Americans To Leave US in Juneteenth Message
Ewan Palmer (Newsweek, 19/06/2024)
A Republican candidate for Missouri secretary of state has told Black Americans who do not like the country to "kindly" leave in a video posted on the eve of Juneteenth.