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SPOKANE, Wash. - Hundreds of people bundled up and braved the bitter cold to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Downtown Spokane on Monday

Washington and Oregon Pass Bills to Make Juneteenth a Legal State Holiday: We Must Not Forget People 1 hr ago © Provided by People Juneteenth This month, Washington and Oregon both passed legislation to make Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the freeing of enslaved people in Texas in 1865 — official state holidays. According to the Associated Press, Washington officials passed a measure to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday with a bipartisan 47-1 vote on Friday. The measure will ...