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The decision comes after months of pressure. The holiday marks the day Union soldiers told enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that slavery was over.

For the first time in more than 55 years, Lakeland is on the verge of not having a Black person serve on the city commission.

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

It has been one year since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but in roughly half of the country it is still not an official day off.

Lakelands African American Historical Museum wants to talk with the descendants of lynching victims or people who know about the crimes.

Lakeland’s Black community leaders have secured property to build an African American Historical Museum but need $500,000 to open and operate the museum.

Black entrepreneurs: Hard work pays off no matter where MAYA LORA, The Ledger FacebookTwitterEmail LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Shaquilla Williams is really good at one thing: multi-tasking. Williams, 42, worked with large events when she was stationed in the Navy in Oklahoma. When she returned to Lakeland, she craved the same kind of work. “When I came back home, I just decided to do my own business in event planning. And that’s what I did,” Williams said. And thus her first baby was born: La...