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Juneteenth Day
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Juneteenth Day 2022 Celebration
All photos by Kim Robinson
Juneteenth Flag Proudly Flown at State Capitol
In 2020, I proudly ordered the Juneteenth flag be flown at the State Capitol for the first time in state history, to commemorate the day in 1865 when Major General…
Bader Philanthropies Sponsor of the Decade
51st Juneteenth Celebrate Culture Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow A Tribute to Dads…Father, Teacher, Protector & Hero SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9am-11am -51st Juneteenth Jubilee Parade – In person & Live on…
Beyond Juneteenth: Breaking the Chains to Access Capital and Achieve Real Freedom
Being black and walking away from a person who legally owned you became reality on June 19, 1865, when Texas became the last state to implement the Emancipation Proclamation. The…
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Booed at Juneteenth
Last weekend’s celebration of Juneteenth in Milwaukee was quite a sight to see. It was the 50th anniversary of one the nation’s longest running Juneteenth celebrations and it was the…
Juneteenth Day Reflections
(All Juneteenth Photos on this page by Kim Robinson) Photos of groups and people from the Juneteenth Celebration
‘We’ve Come a Long Way Since 1971’: Milwaukee Celebrates Juneteenth Day
In September of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The document declared that enslaved people throughout most of the country would now be free people. It wasn’t until…
Juneteenth Day is a Federal Holiday…Finally
All Americans will be celebrating Juneteenth as an official federal holiday this year despite Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s best efforts to stop that from happening. Last year, Johnson was the…
Ain’t Gonna Let No Body Turn Me Round
Legislatively Speaking Juneteenth Observance Goes National When I was in middle school, a television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s book “Roots” offered me the first visual exploration of the institution…
A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2021
June 18, 2021 JUNETEENTH DAY OF OBSERVANCE, 2021 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On June 19, 1865…