Friday 17 June 2011
Contra Costa Times Your Turn: Shoud make Juneteenth a national holiday
17, 2011 At the Juneteenth celebration, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn issued a proclamation to honor Juneteenth across Illinois. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was among the speakers at the rally to end to the War on Drugs.Brooklyn Museum Pia Murray did not know what Juneteenth was until she left her Crown Heights home for college in Oberlin, Ohio, a town that had been one of the final stops on the Underground Railroad for escaped slaves. Since 1995, Oberlin has annuallyGovernor Pat
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