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Toms Ebola Patient in U.S.:I Am Growing Stronger Every DayBrian Harris, 8, waits for the Denver Juneteenth parade to begin with his mom and other employees from US Bank in Denver on June 18, 2011.Kathryn Scott Osler鈥擠enver Post/Getty ImagesBy Eliana DocktermanJune 19, 2014 9:36 PM EDTCities across the U.S. have planned celebrations around Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the announcement of abolition in Texas on June 19, 1865.Though President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the news spread slowly to Texas. It wasn ;t until more than two years later that union soldi stanley cup ers reached the Lone Star state to make the announcement. Texas was the first state to pass a law officially recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, in 1980. Today, 43 states and the District of Columbia participate in Juneteenth observances.Juneteenth has come to symbolize freedom in some African-American communities. The Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn, Fredrick Douglass said of Independence Day in 1852. The holiday of Juneteenth recognizes America complicated and terrible history with slavery and celebrates true freedom.The holiday is still not as well known as it ought to be, as Jamelle Bouie points out at Sla stanley cup te. Still, this year Juneteenth was celebrated with particular verve in some parts of the U.S. The Atlanta His stanley cup tory Center and Cyclorama will hold events through the weekend. Juneteenth celebrations in Albany will honor Maya Angelou. Historians and authorsZpbk Planned Parenthood Can Keep Performing Abortions in Missouri, For Now
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumpspeaks near his helicopter at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines.Charlie Riedel鈥擜PBy TIME StaffNovember 10, 2015 3:10 PM ESTRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trumpspeaks near his helicopter at the Iowa Sta crocs te Fair on Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines.Charlie Riedel鈥擜PDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton jordans van, at left, is parked during a campaign visit on April 14, 2015 in Le Claire, Iowa. Clinton, at right, waves after an even on May 18, 2015 in Mason City, Iowa.From Left: Michael B. Thomas鈥擜FP/Getty Images,Scott Olson鈥擥etty Images A campaign bus bearing the likeness of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is parked near a campaignyeezy stop in Jackson, Mich. on Sept. 23, 2015. Luke Sharrett鈥擝loomberg/Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, center, rides a train to an event in Iowa City, Iowa on Sept. 26, 2015.Charlie Neibergall鈥擜PRepublican presidential candidate John Kasich, at right, rides his campaign bus in Plymouth, New Hampshire on Oct. 14, 2015. At left, the exterior of Kasich s bus is seen on Oct. 13, 2015, in Bow, N.H. From Left: Jim Cole鈥擜P, Brian Snyder鈥擱eutersRepublican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks to supporters in front of his campaign busin Newnan, Ga., on Aug. 8, 2015. Bill Clark鈥擟Q-Roll /Getty ImagesRepublican presidential candidate Jeb Bush gets off his campaign bus in Goffstown, N.H. on Nov. 4, 2015. Gretchen Ertl鈥擱eutersMore Must-Rea
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