Media Summary: City councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson helped coordinate the visit. The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" spent years walking from Texas to Washington, D.C. to call for Juneteenth's holiday status. In observance of Juneteenth, United's Black Business Resource Group, BEACON, invited 100 students to participate in a ...

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City councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson helped coordinate the visit. The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" spent years walking from Texas to Washington, D.C. to call for Juneteenth's holiday status. In observance of Juneteenth, United's Black Business Resource Group, BEACON, invited 100 students to participate in a ... President Biden signed the bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The U.S. House joined the Senate on Wednesday, June 16 overwhelmingly voting to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The bill ... Mattel is releasing a new Barbie honoring

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The "Grandmother of Juneteenth" spent years walking from Texas to Washington, D.C. to call for Juneteenth's holiday status.

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In observance of Juneteenth, United's Black Business Resource Group, BEACON, invited 100 students to participate in a ...

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