Juneteenth

Doctor Opal Lee has made it her mission to have Juneteenth named as a federal holiday, now with her goal complete she’s been named “the Grandmother of Juneteenth”. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports. 

The Tristate is celebrating Juneteenth and one celebration involved running in heat wave worthy temperatures. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

NBC NY presents “Juneteenth: Commemorating Freedom, including an inspiring interview with Dr. Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” Don’t miss this insightful and educational tribute to a pivotal moment in American history.

Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free.

Here’s what to know about the federal holiday and what it mean for U.S. workers on June 19 this year.

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil war, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Despite that for more than a century, Juneteenth has been sacred to many Black communities, it wasn’t until 2021, that President Joe Biden proclaimed it a federal holiday....

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The fourth-annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth concert has set a star-studded lineup for a Times Square spectacle, filled with dozens of performers across 17 Broadway productions. The June 19 concert, put on by the Broadway League, will take place at “the Crossroads of the World” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (rain or shine). This year’s celebration will include the presentation…