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What's Juneteenth? The History Explained

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What's Juneteenth? The History Explained

What's Juneteenth? The History Explained

Even though it became a Federal Holiday just this week, Juneteenth has been celebrated for decades among Black communities in the U.S. To understand such a day as this, we'd have to go back to 1863.


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