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Gov. Polis celebrated Juneteenth in a statement on Thursday, referring to the now-also federal holiday as “Freedom Day,” as ...
Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of ...
Today marks Colorado’s fourth observance of Juneteenth, a state holiday signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis in 2022, with ...
This Juneteenth, a Colorado company is calling attention to the continued use of child and slave labor in the production of ...
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That’s ...
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled. Organizers say safety issues along with mounting resistance to diversity, equity an ...
Juneteenth has become one of the most important and symbolic celebrations in African American history in the United States.
Top corporations rushed to observe Juneteenth in 2020. Today they are still commemorating the federal holiday but not with the same fanfare.