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Juneteenth: What You Can Do (and Not Do) to Honor the Holiday

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Jun 19, 2024
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Juneteenth, or officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is this week. For those unaware, it commemorates June 19 as the end of slavery in the United States. It's been a federal holiday since 2021, and it sometimes feels that way. There's this overwhelming feeling that the country doesn't know what to do with the holiday. White folks may be wonde…

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