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Classical 101The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth holiday.
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Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.
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Multiple neighborhoods in Columbus and the cities of Bexley and Reynoldsburg plan to celebrate Juneteenth.
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Classical 101As a music educator and the founder of the Columbus Cultural Orchestra, Stephen Spottswood strives to erase the divide between European classical works and the repertoire of hip-hop, soul and R&B tunes – all of which have equal footing on his orchestra’s concerts.Spotswood will lead the orchestra in Bach to Biggie – A Juneteenth Concert on Friday, June 16 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Ross Community Studio at WOSU Public Media Headquarters.
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Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.
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Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that slavery was over in the state. Juneteenth is now celebrated across the U.S. We look at the history of emancipation and the ongoing conversation on the legacy of slavery in the U.S.
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Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.
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The United States has a new holiday every June 19 to mark the end of slavery in 1865. We talk about the origins of Juneteenth in Texas with Texas-native and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Annette Gordon-Reed.
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With a little over a day till the deadline on Wednesday, the new two-year state budget is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine after overwhelmingly bipartisan votes in the House and Senate late Monday evening.
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June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.