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Juneteenth

Sign with black fist that reads "Juneteenth Make it a National Holiday

Who Stands to Profit from Juneteenth? [VIDEO]

By Shani Saxon
Activist, Ms. Opal Lee wearing a gold and purple dress with a matching purple head wrap

The Grandmother of Juneteenth on What the Holiday Means to Her

By N. Jamiyla Chisholm
Black Boy Joy. Three black boys running on the beach, the closest, about 9, is smiling from ear to ear.

A Theological Statement From the Black Church on Juneteenth

By Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman
An African-American man with a camera looks at the skeletons of iron beds which rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921

'Terror of Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street' Digs Into Historical Racial Violence

By Tracey Onyenacho
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Striking African American woman with a thick braid crown, yellow jacket and jewelry.

The Time For Reparations Is Now [Op-Ed]

By Yirssi Bergman, Shweta Moorthy and Juell Stewart
a group of young, Black people wearing yellow shirts march in a parade as they wave a red, black and green flag.

Calls to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Get Louder

By Shani Saxon
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