Early 2000s R&B singer J. Holiday came to Ogden to perform at the 35th anniversary of Ogden’s Juneteenth Festival on June 17. J. Holiday, along with other attending local performers, praised the...
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. Though the day was established as a national holiday only three years ago by President Joe...
On June 17 and 18, people all around the United States will celebrate Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. To celebrate, the city of Ogden will be...
Ogden’s 33rd annual celebration of Juneteenth took place on June 18 and 19. The festival is thrown to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. This was done by honoring and supporting...
Juneteenth is rapidly approaching, this is Utah's first year officially celebrating the new holiday. On Thursday, March 21, Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law Juneteenth as an official state holiday.
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The United States House of Representatives voted on June 16 to make Juneteenth (June 19) the 12th federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on June 17, making the movement official.
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Galveston, Texas. June 19, 1865. Federal troops took control of the state to command that all enslaved people be freed. U.S. Gen. Gordon Granger stood on Texas soil and read General Order No. 3: “The...
1. Which state made the use of masks in public mandatory as COVID-19 cases spike across the nation?a. New Mexicob. New Yorkc. Alabamad. California2. The U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling on the Deferred...
“The drum is what pronounces life, freedom, interconnection from family-to-family and heart-to-heart. It’s that heartbeat, the rhythm of the life, body and soul,” said Betty Sawyer, director...
