Juneteenth

A new statue of George Floyd is now on display in Brooklyn. The 6-foot sculpture was unveiled in Flatbush early Saturday morning as many across the city celebrate Juneteenth, now a federally recognized holiday. George Floyd’s brother, Terrance Floyd was on hand for the unveiling and spoke about the importance of the day and keeping his brother’s memory alive....

People across Connecticut came out to celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday. The day marks when some of the last enslaved people learned they were free, back in 1865. In Manchester, there was a celebration as murals commemorating the nation’s newest federal holiday were unveiled. The murals are a part of CT Mural’s “MLK 39: Racial Equity Mural Tour.” Civil rights leaders…

People across Connecticut came out to celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday.

Parades, picnics and lessons in history are all part of Juneteenth events in the U.S. The day is carrying even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery

The contrast between former President Donald Trump’s final Juneteenth in the White House and the lead-up to President Joe Biden’s first is stark.

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country

The NAACP Norwich Branch hosted its 32nd Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, a day after President Joe Biden signed into law a bill designating Juneteenth as the 12th federal holiday. “Today it is probably more important than it has been,” said Shiela Hayes, president of the Norwich NAACP. According to Hayes, Norwich was the first city in Connecticut to host a Juneteenth...

Juneteenth celebrations have already begun in Norwich, where the city has been recognizing and commemorating the holiday for decades.

Gov. Ned Lamont has issued a proclamation declaring June 19, 2021 to be Juneteenth Day in Connecticut. “Juneteenth is an important day in our nation. When, on June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger declared that every Black man, woman, and child was free by reading General Order No. 3 in the recently liberated Texas, it meant that the…

The museum in Cape May features a nine-foot statue of Tubman leading an enslaved girl to freedom.

The museum in Cape May features a nine-foot statue of Tubman leading an enslaved girl to freedom.

Now that Juneteenth is a national holiday, many on social media are on watch to see if it will go the way of Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and other major holidays that were intended to commemorate significant moments or people in American history. That is to say: many are hoping they won’t start seeing Juneteenth mattress sales in the...

The program will be held online Saturday, June 19.

After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas were not told they were free. Things didn’t change until 1865 when troops arrived to ensure that. “You can in fact be free, but if you don’t recognize it, you’re going to live like an enslaved person,” Emory University professor Andra Gillespie says about the history of Juneteenth.

This Saturday marks the freedom and independence for the Black community in the United States, when word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved African Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865. Check NBC Connecticut’s list of events to see the numerous celebrations taking place across the state: Friday, June 18 Norwich: 32nd Annual Juneteenth Day event at 9:30 a.m….

“Juneteenth is important symbolically, and we need the substance to follow, but Black people historically have always tried to do multiple things at the same time.”

The United States government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.”

Juneteenth is now a federal holiday after President Biden signed the bill into law this afternoon. The celebration commemorating the day those who were still enslaved in Texas found out they were free has already started around the state. West African Dancers and drummers ignited the crowd at the Juneteenth celebration inside Bloomfield’s Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services...

President Joe Biden has signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president

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