Tag: federal holiday

African-American

Star-Studded Celebration Commemorates Juneteenth

As the country paused this weekend to celebrate Juneteenth Day, a national event presented by the Robert Randolph Foundation and hosted by actress and singer Amanda Seales trained a spotlight on some of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

June 21, 2021

African-American

Congress Passes Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

Congress has passed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth –June 19 every year – marks the true end of slavery in the U.S., June 19, 1865, when Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom from slavery in Texas, nearly two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. The holiday has been celebrated in 47 states […]

June 16, 2021

African-American

Colleges and Universities Prepare for Juneteenth, Still a Nationally Unrecognized Holiday

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and a bipartisan senate commission is leading the latest push to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Renewed attention to the day came last year after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and a nationwide galvanizing of Black Lives Matter protests.

June 10, 2021

Sports

Ivy League Will Give Student-Athletes Election Day Off

The Ivy League announced it will give student-athletes a day off on Nov. 3, Election Day, as part of a plan for “deliberate action to condemn all forms of systemic racism and social inequality. ” It also announced that the Ivy League office will be closed Friday, June 19, 2020, in recognition of Juneteenth,  a […]

June 19, 2020