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Juneteenth 2023 is here and communities across the Chicago area will hold events to celebrate the holiday, including in Aurora, Hammond and more. Juneteenth day is here!
When Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, many Black-owned businesses reported strong sales. Now, Chicago companies say they hope the trend continues.
Chicago is bustling with Juneteenth celebrations today, including the inaugural Juneteenth Freedom Parade. FOX 32's Gabby Premus visited North Lawndale to check it out.
Juneteenth, which is every June 19, is a federal holiday that celebrates the emancipation of all enslaved people in the U.S., according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Small Black-owned businesses are spreading the wealth this Juneteenth holiday. Semicolon, a Black-owned bookstore in West Town, is reopening its doors with new surprises for ...
Kemone Hendricks, the founder of Evanston Present and Future, speaks at the 2025 Evanston Juneteenth Celebration in Ingraham Park on June 21, 2025. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press) ...
Juneteenth programming makes space for dialogue and opportunities to meet new people and to learn a fuller story of American history, writes.
To mark Juneteenth - a federal holiday when many businesses close - President Donald Trump took to social media to gripe about workers allegedly not wanting "too many non-working holidays." On his ...
President Donald Trump lamented the number of holidays in America in a post on Juneteenth evening. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier Thursday that Trump would not ...
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