As protests against racial injustice gripped the nation in 2020, major corporations rushed to observe Juneteenth and give their employees the day off. Five years later, they are still commemorating ...
Back in September 2020, then-President Donald Trump — ever the showman — made a bold pitch to Black voters: he would make Juneteenth a federal holiday. It was part of his glossy “Platinum Plan,” which ...
Dancers with the Royal Divas, Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the day’s Juneteenth parade through IUPUI’s campus in Indianapolis. - Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star/USA Today Network/Imagn Images ...
The Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year’s schedule of free entrance days ...
Can Trump Really Cancel Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday? *With Donald Trump back in the White House and already swinging his sledgehammer at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, many ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Despite being recognized as a federal holiday across the country, Juneteenth celebrations have been impacted this year. The day commemorates the end of slavery in the US. It ...
It is part of the Trump administration's initiative to Make America Beautiful Again by Improving National Parks.
Federal agencies are now working to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. This week, the Defense Intelligence Agency ordered a pause ...
Americans will no longer get free admission to the country's national parks in observance of MLK Jr. Day and Juneteenth, but ...
(CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled. Organizers say safety issues along with mounting resistance to diversity, ...