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Emancipation Day

Posted June 4th, 2010 at 6:15 pm (UTC-4)
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What would you call May 8th if you wanted to make it a holiday? Mayth? Would September 1st be Septemberst? No such holidays exist. But there is a similar one — in June, on the 19th. It’s a day of great significance to all Americans and African Americans in particular. It’s called “Juneteenth,” and a […]

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