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Last year, Juneteenth was designated an official federal holiday. This year, the celebrations are bigger and more historic.
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WUNC will broadcast special programs examining the history and significance of Juneteenth as well as struggles for LGBTQ+ rights around the globe.
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Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. WUNC is compiling the following list of local events in our listening area to mark the day.
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Cooper's executive order gives workers in Cabinet-level agencies an additional eight hours of leave annually for an observance that includes but isn't limited to days of cultural or religious importance.
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Republican state senators passed three new measures along party lines that aim to change North Carolina election law. Meanwhile in the state house, a long-awaited 47-page energy bill made a controversial debut, and municipalities around the state celebrate Juneteenth for the first time against the backdrop of ongoing conversations about how to teach history in public schools.
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In Warrenton, North Carolina, this Juneteenth is commemorated by a dramatic production. The community came together, not to tell the story of the end of slavery, but the end of Reconstruction, some 50 years later.
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The governing board of North Carolina's largest county by population voted on Monday to make Juneteenth a paid county holiday for its workers.The Wake…
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A North Carolina county's board of commissioners will vote Monday to make Juneteenth a county holiday, and to declare racism as a public health…
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Updated 4:15 p.m. Police say three people were killed and 11 others injured after a shooting at a block party in northwest Charlotte early Monday. Five...
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Protesters in Raleigh pulled down parts of a Confederate monument Friday night after marching in celebration of Juneteenth.Demonstrators used straps and…