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Daily News Lesson June 19 2025

What Juneteenth means for Americans, according to teacher Opal Lee

Learn about the origins of Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
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Daily News Lesson June 21 2022

Juneteenth celebrated as national holiday for second time
The holiday celebrates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought word of slavery’s end to Galveston, Texas.
FILE PHOTO: Participants hold a "Silent March Commemorating the Journey of the Enslaved" to mark 400th anniversary of first enslaved African people arriving in Virginia
Daily Video June 19 2020

Should Juneteenth be a national holiday?
Juneteenth is in the national spotlight this year. Should it be a national holiday?

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