Homepage photo: The Kuumba dance group opens up the entertainment at the Juneteenth celebration in the SoFa District of San Jose, Calif., 2024 (Credit: Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2026:
Juneteenth wasn’t the end of slavery in America. Here’s what history left out.
Slavery didn’t come to an end until 1866, when five so-called civilized Native American tribes signed treaties with the U.S. government that finally freed the Black people they had enslaved. . . .
No Stopping the Myth of Juneteenth’s Origin
(June 21, 2024)
H.L. Gates Jr.: Why Popular Juneteenth Story Strains Credulity
(June 12, 2024)
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Media Version of Juneteenth’s Origin Is a Myth
(June 19, 2021)
Florida A&M University marching band during a battle of the bands at the Juneteenth celebration in the SoFa District of San Jose, Calif., 2024 (Credit: Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The Daily News in Galveston, Texas, locus of the events that inspired Juneteenth, reports in 2021 that President Joe Biden has designated the day a federal holiday, expanding its recognition beyond Black America.
- ACLU – West Virginia: Our Statement: Juneteenth Should Be A Call to Action
- Black Iowa News and Lya Williams: ‘We hold our holiday sacred’: Juneteenth Poetry Slam held June 19 in Des Moines (podcast)
- Herb Boyd, New York Amsterdam News: OP-ED: Juneteenth and defiance?
- Galveston (Texas) Historical Foundation: Juneteenth events
- Brandon Hamilton, KTRK-TV, Houston: Juneteenth: What historical ties does the federal holiday have to Galveston, Texas
- National Newspaper Publishers Association: Juneteenth 2025: Chavis Urges America to Confront the Enduring Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Leann Ray, West Virginia Watch: Morrisey, who ended DEI in West Virginia, doesn’t think Juneteenth is worth a state holiday
- Jamie Stengle, Associated Press: Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom. Here’s what they said
- Terry Tang, Associated Press: A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
- Dolph Tillotson, Galveston Daily News: Fight-loving Galveston should unite around Juneteenth (June 10)
- Tarris Woods, Galveston Daily News: Guest commentary: Juneteenth editorial a ‘diversionary tactic’
- Sarah Wright, KQED, San Francisco: ‘You’re Going to Catch a Vibe’: Honoring Juneteenth 2025 in the Outdoors
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