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June·teenth

 (jo͞on-tēnth′)
n.
June 19, an African-American holiday commemorating the date in 1865 when many slaves in Texas learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863).
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Juneteenth

(ˌdʒuːnˈtiːnθ)
n
an annual celebration in the United States on June 19 to mark the emancipation of slaves after the American Civil War
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June•teenth

(ˈdʒunˈtinθ)
n.
June 19, celebrated by African-Americans as the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865.
[1935–40; b. june + nineteenth]
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When a freelance artist and part-time art teacher from Georgia, US, was offered a job from Google after his doodle on Juneteenth went viral.
Weston's induction compliments the program's Juneteenth and Black Music themes.
Wednesday's hearing coincided with Juneteenth, a cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved black people in the United States, and it attracted a crowd.
The tracks are "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise", "Happy", "Bright Idea", "Earthlings", "24K Magic", "Street Cats", "Finer Things", "For My Mom", "Straight No Blues", "Moving Violation", "Well, of All Things", "Untitled Original 11383", and "Juneteenth Notes".
"Let's Celebrate Emancipation Day and Juneteenth" is a title from the Holidays & Heroes nonfiction series for children ages 7-10 years.
For more information, call 405-951-0000.<br />Director of Honey is Katherine Wilkinson and core collaborators and writers are Morgaine Gooding Silverwood, Emma McFarland, Chelcy Harrell and Wilkinson.<br />Tickets are $25, with discounts for seniors, students and veterans.<br />Celebrate Juneteenth event<br />The Oklahoma Historical Society will host a Juneteenth Celebration on June 30 at 2 p.m.
Other resident art organizations include the San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society, the San Francisco Juneteenth Festival, Take Wings Foundation, Robert Henry Johnson and SF Noir.
Dubois illustrates how racial identity facilitates an unconscious link to the traumatic past, and how Toni Morrison's Beloved and Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth and Invisible Man illustrate how a traumatic relation to the past may be altered and how distance from slavery can be created.
Visit www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker 2 JUNETEETH Crafts, Sat & Sun, 1-4pm GRAB the glue and get ready for some fun as you learn about the importance of the African American holiday Juneteenth in this familyfriendly activity.
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