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  1. Amazon announced it's going to suspend police use of its controversial facial-recognition technology for one year. Amazon Web Services has sold its facial-recognition software, call…

    juneteenth - Business Insider
    11:50pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Trump picks Tulsa on Juneteenth for return to campaign rallies

Tulsa has its own troubling history on race. Its once-thriving African American business community was decimated in 1921, when a racist white mob killed hundreds of black residents.

juneteenth - NBC News
7:55pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Trump to Return With His First Rally Since the Coronavirus Shutdown Next Friday

Campaign officials reportedly hope the return of the rallies will distract Trump from destructive online behavior, citing zero past examples.

juneteenth - New York Magazine
6:44pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Trump is restarting his campaign rallies. The first will be on Juneteenth in Tulsa — the site of the Tulsa race massacre.

  • President Donald Trump is restarting his campaign rallies that were put on pause due to the spread of the novel coronavirus.
  • His first rebooted rally will be on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The New York Times reported. 
  • Juneteenth, c…

    juneteenth - Business Insider
    5:31pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Trump plans to restart rallies on Juneteenth in Tulsa, a city with a checkered racial history

President Donald Trump will host his first rally in months next week in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and he has plans to visit four other states in the coming weeks as his campaign prepares to relaunch in-person rallies, he said Wednesday.

juneteenth - CNN
4:27pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Trump to revive trademark campaign rallies in Oklahoma

Trump said he would announce a new location soon for his acceptance of the Republican Party's nomination for president.

juneteenth - Al Jazeera English
4:17pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Trump to resume campaign rallies with June 19 event in Tulsa

The president did not mention safety precautions or restrictions for the upcoming events, which have been on hold because of coronavirus.

juneteenth - Politico
2:54pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

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juneteenth - Business Insider
12:00pm PDT - June 10th, 2020

Twitter to mark June 19 as a holiday

Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Square Inc and Twitter Inc, said June 19, popularly known as ‘Juneteenth’, would be a permanent company-wide holiday in the U.S. to show support for racial diversit

juneteenth - The Hindu
9:11am PDT - June 10th, 2020

Twitter, Square to make June 19 a holiday to support racial diversity

Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Square Inc and Twitter Inc, said June 19, popularly known as 'Juneteenth', would be a permanent company-wide holiday in the United States to show support for racial diversity.

juneteenth - Reuters
7:21am PDT - June 10th, 2020

George Floyd: Twitter to make Juneteenth a company holiday

Juneteenth is celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the end of slavery in the US.

juneteenth - BBC News
7:32pm PDT - June 9th, 2020

Twitter and Square will observe Juneteenth as company holiday, CEO Dorsey says

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, is charging other companies to make June 19, a day celebrating the end of slavery, as a workers' holiday.

juneteenth - USA Today
5:46pm PDT - June 9th, 2020

Twitter and Square make Juneteenth a company holiday

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, announced that the companies will both make Juneteenth a paid holiday in a gesture of solidarity with the black community.

juneteenth - Fortune
3:06pm PDT - June 9th, 2020

Twitter and Square are making Juneteenth a permanent company holiday (TWTR, SQ)

  • Juneteenth will be a company holiday at Twitter and Square, CEO Jack Dorsey said Tuesday. 
  • The June 19 holiday, which celebrates the emancipation of US slaves in Texas in 1865, will be set aside for "celebration, education, and connection," …

    juneteenth - Business Insider
    2:20pm PDT - June 9th, 2020

“Local authorities will be alerted”: iPhone looters end up with useless phones

Apple has long used digital anti-theft measures in its stores.

juneteenth - Ars Technica
11:43am PDT - June 3rd, 2020

Biden: Booker should apologize after criticism of my comments on segregationists

"There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career," Biden said following criticism of his comments.

juneteenth - USA Today
8:13pm PDT - June 19th, 2019

One of the Biggest Arguments Against Reparations Is Based on a Lie

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on reparations to coincide with Juneteenth. Republican Representative Mike Johnson opposed the idea, saying government aid would sap black lives of meaning and the satisfaction of overcoming on their own.

juneteenth - New York Magazine
1:20pm PDT - June 19th, 2019

Happy Juneteenth: RaceAhead

Ta-Nehisi Coates is testifying today in front of the House Judiciary Committee on the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

juneteenth - Fortune
1:00pm PDT - June 19th, 2019

Booker, de Blasio Hit Biden For Reminiscing About Working With Segregationists

Sen. Cory Booker and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio harshly criticized Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden Wednesday over his comments about working with segregationist lawmakers in the past. In a marked contrast from the so-far mostly friendly primary, the …

juneteenth - Time
12:08pm PDT - June 19th, 2019

Black lawmakers get Biden's back amid 'segregationist' uproar

'I worked with Strom Thurmond all my life,' Jim Clyburn says.

juneteenth - Politico
11:56am PDT - June 19th, 2019

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates Criticized Mitch McConnell for Saying Slavery’s Effects Were in the Past

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates addressed Senator Mitch McConnell for saying U.S. shouldn't be held responsible for something that happened 150 ago.

juneteenth - Time
11:33am PDT - June 19th, 2019

All but four US states celebrate Juneteenth as a holiday

When Gov. Tom Wolf puts pen to paper later today, Pennsylvania will become the latest state to officially recognize Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

juneteenth - CNN
10:50am PDT - June 19th, 2019

WATCH: Use of force case debated at tense town hall

The couple whose rough arrest over alleged shoplifting went viral confronted the Phoenix mayor during a community meeting.

juneteenth - ABC News
10:09am PDT - June 19th, 2019

At Raucous Reparations Hearing, Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes Aim at Mitch McConnell

Mr. Coates, the African-American author, called out Mr. McConnell, the Senate leader, for saying he was opposed to compensation “for something that happened 150 years ago.”

juneteenth - The New York Times
10:03am PDT - June 19th, 2019

A Recipe for Juneteenth

A crimson strawberry slab pie to observe the holiday, celebrating the recognition of freedom for enslaved Africans while also remembering the cost.

juneteenth - The New York Times
7:30am PDT - June 19th, 2019

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8:08am PDT - July 13th, 2023

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8:05am PDT - July 13th, 2023

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8:01am PDT - July 13th, 2023

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8:00am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @DonniF: @OnyxSuccubus @POTUS Black US citizens asked for an ordinance to address Police Brutality and he made Juneteenth a damn holiday…

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7:57am PDT - July 13th, 2023

RT @TheView: Music greats @CeCe_Peniston, Robin S., @Deborah_Cox help us celebrate #Juneteenth by performing some of their biggest hits! ht…

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4:45pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

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Lavender Onyxheart (@NicoleOnyxheart)
4:42pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @RealCandaceO: Juneteenth is still ghetto and made up. Hope everyone enjoys it!

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4:41pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @freep: Whitmer signs bill making Juneteenth a public holiday in Michigan https://t.co/E7J03NnpnH

SpeedRacer (@brotherofracerx)
4:36pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @TheView: Music greats @CeCe_Peniston, Robin S., @Deborah_Cox help us celebrate #Juneteenth by performing some of their biggest hits! ht…

Big Chest Black Betty (@TheAlainaShow)
4:33pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @ImNikkiLuv: @MKE_CC @alderwomancoggs Juneteenth scholarship’s should be exclusively for Indigenous Black American’s only. Immigrant’s h…

Turner Simmons (@TurnerSimmons4)
4:33pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @MichiganDems: Today, @GovWhitmer signed legislation to establish Juneteenth as a statewide holiday, taking an important step to commemo…

MsBeautyGirl007Resist✌❤ (@BeautyGirl007)
4:32pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @TheView: Music greats @CeCe_Peniston, Robin S., @Deborah_Cox help us celebrate #Juneteenth by performing some of their biggest hits! ht…

ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ (@callmedollar)
4:32pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @wxyzdetroit: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday to make Juneteenth a state holiday. https://t.co/for704i6…

Carol McCarthy #DemCastUSA (@carol_33410)
4:31pm PDT - July 12th, 2023

RT @zayaway: Juneteenth is ending but I wanted to share a passage from an essay I wrote a year and a half ago. The essay talked about how b…

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9:23pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @WendyCorsiStaub: Now in trade paperback: THE STRANGER VANISHES, a modern-day whodunnit with an unsolved 19th century mystery involving…

Mark Staub (@MarkStaub914)
9:22pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @joebldenpress: Since Juneteenth has been such a huge success, we’ll soon be rolling out a new federal holiday: National Sniffing Day.

Ali Taj Ghahramani (@GhahramaniTaj)
9:22pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @Reighangillam: "El Nacimiento de los Negros, ..."Birth of the Blacks," is home to... Afro-Indigenous families that trace their roots ba…

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9:20pm PDT - July 11th, 2023
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Moe Sanders (@MoeSanders86)
9:16pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

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George M. Dorgan (@DorganG)
9:10pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @Reighangillam: "El Nacimiento de los Negros, ..."Birth of the Blacks," is home to... Afro-Indigenous families that trace their roots ba…

Carlos Stringer Smith DDS MDiv FACD (@doctorLos)
9:05pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @JadanSpearman: @ravvcoser It’s released over here at Father’s Day, Juneteenth, Thanksgiving and Lunar New Year for the next DVD release…

Jadan Spearman (@JadanSpearman)
8:48pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @MoeRego: The message is still spreading and today is the first time I'm seeing #Juneteenth Flag being displayed at the Veterans Affairs…

lulu7778 (@lulu77781)
8:45pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @MoeRego: The message is still spreading and today is the first time I'm seeing #Juneteenth Flag being displayed at the Veterans Affairs…

Joe Parrigen (@JoeParrigen)
8:42pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @IUIC_Portland: https://t.co/bNdXHurCKj You celebrated Juneteenth, thinking you’re free. We must wait on the Lord and his Jubilee. …………

Cristian Owens (@Jair_Israel144)
8:41pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @MoeRego: The message is still spreading and today is the first time I'm seeing #Juneteenth Flag being displayed at the Veterans Affairs…

Gřɛɠ Kɛŋŋɛɖყ (@JussGregK)
8:38pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

Mount Pleasant Town Council passed a motion Tuesday to recognize two town holidays while removing one from the town calendar. https://t.co/Gzznj6P6lf

ABC News 4 (@ABCNews4)
8:30pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

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8:27pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @refinedmess: Republicans have criminalized equal freedoms for women, gays, and eliminated black history. That leaves full freedoms only…

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8:27pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

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8:18pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @refinedmess: Republicans have criminalized equal freedoms for women, gays, and eliminated black history. That leaves full freedoms only…

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8:13pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @gtwsoc: one of those things that's commonsense but also dope is how Juneteenth unquestioningly began on Friday this year.

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7:52pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

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seven (@biggergez)
7:49pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @Reighangillam: "El Nacimiento de los Negros, ..."Birth of the Blacks," is home to... Afro-Indigenous families that trace their roots ba…

Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera (@AGuerreroMosque)
7:40pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @NMAAHC: #OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in t…

Poetress HughesWDKPtv (@PoetressHughes)
7:30pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @NMAAHC: From the sacred ring shout rituals on plantations to antebellum freedom hymns to the unique beats and rhythms of jazz, R&B, and…

Poetress HughesWDKPtv (@PoetressHughes)
7:30pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @NMAAHC: As we approach the end of June, we are reflecting on the significance of #Juneteenth today and celebrating contemporary African…

Poetress HughesWDKPtv (@PoetressHughes)
7:28pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @MoeRego: The message is still spreading and today is the first time I'm seeing #Juneteenth Flag being displayed at the Veterans Affairs…

KeepitREALtea (@KeepitRealTea)
7:17pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

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7:03pm PDT - July 11th, 2023

RT @DoctorTurtleboy: A dead man in drag, drugs, dildos, and 4 kids were discovered at a South Boston public housing tranny party Saturday.…

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7:01pm PDT - July 11th, 2023