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Emancipation Proclamation, edict issued by U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that freed the slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union. Before the start of the American Civil War, many people and leaders of the North had been primarily concerned merely with stopping the extension of slavery into western territories that would eventually achieve statehood within the Union. With the secession of the Southern states and the consequent start of the Civil War, howev...

By JUDGE BILL HAWKINS

Today all 50 states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday or observance. Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas and is now recognized as a symbolic date to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

In 1980, Texas became the first state in the United States to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday, and today all 50 states and the District of Columbia have recognized...

By JUDGE BILL HAWKINS

Juneteenth is Monday and Las Cruces organizations have plans to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.

Heres what a Redding community group has planned for its Juneteenth celebration and what this 260-year-old independence holiday means.

On June 19, 1865, the last United States enslaved people were freed. Even though President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Decree in January 1863, thousands of enslaved Black men and women in Texas were not granted liberation until federal forces arrived in the state to enforce the order on June 19, 1865. After the approval of the Thirteenth Amendment in December of that year, slavery ...

Juneteenth takes place on Monday, June 19. With the holiday fast approaching, we wanted to hear from community members about what Juneteenth means to them,...

Blythe’s SWAG (Southside Women & Men Achieving Goals) organization is getting the word out to folks and inviting the community to upcoming “Still We Rise” Juneteenth commemoration days June 17