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Latest Juneteenth Stories
  • Three book covers. (Image: Mariner Books, St. Martin’s Griffin, and Atria Books.)

    Books That Actually Released in 2021 That Had a Profound Impact on Me

    By Alyssa ShotwellDec 30th
     
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    Racist Senator Ron Johnson Booed at Juneteenth Celebration in Milwaukee

    By Chelsea SteinerJun 20th
     
  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and director Nia DaCosta on the set of Candyman.

    In Juneteenth Video, Candyman Director Nia DaCosta Explores the Power of Horror & “Truth of Pain”

    By Vivian KaneJun 18th
     
  • Protesters gather at the State House during a Juneteenth protest and march in honor of Rayshard Brooks and other victims of Police Violence in Boston, Massachusetts on June 22, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Juneteeth Is a Federal Holiday but Does That Matter If Anti-Racism Education Is Under Attack?

    By Princess WeekesJun 18th
     
  • A black lives matter supporter marches holding a sing reading

    14 House Republicans Voted Against the Juneteenth Holiday & Their Reasons Were Total Garbage

    By Vivian KaneJun 17th
     
  • Protestors hold pictures of George Floyd as they march during a Juneteenth rally

    Senate Republicans Unanimously Vote To Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday While Also Fighting To Keep Schools From Teaching About Racism

    By Vivian KaneJun 16th
     
  • Lucinda Roy's Book The Freedom Race

    Our Books, Our Shelves: Juneteenth and Freedom 

    By Lucinda Roy, author of The Freedom RaceJun 15th
     
  • Protesters in Pittsburgh last year

    Things We Saw Today: Juneteenth Is Filled With Marches, Music, and More Around the US

    By Rachel LeishmanJun 19th
     
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: People kneel and raise their fists in the air for eight minutes and 46 seconds -- the time that George Floyd was pinned under a police officer's knee -- during a march and protest to mark the Juneteenth holiday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial June 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when a Union general read orders in Galveston, Texas stating all enslaved people in Texas were free according to federal law, effectively ending slavery in what remained of the Confederacy. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Juneteenth—What It Is, and What It Isn’t

    By Princess WeekesJun 19th
     
  • High Fidelity's Rob (Zoe Kravitz) leans on the counter of her record shop.

    Celebrate Juneteenth by Supporting These Black-Owned Companies

    By Chelsea SteinerJun 19th
     
  • Regina King on HBO's Watchmen

    Things We Saw Today: This Juneteenth Weekend, You Can Watch Watchmen for Free

    By Jessica MasonJun 18th
     
  • Donald Trump looks mad at a rally.

    Literally Everything About Trump’s Comeback Rally Is Bad

    By Jessica MasonJun 12th
     
  • Donald Glover and Zazie Beetz in Atlanta (2016)

    How Black Television Taught Me About Juneteenth

    By Princess WeekesJun 19th
     
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