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Mariah Carey celebrated both Father's Day and Juneteenth on Sunday, with her 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe.The 53-year-old singer shared a snap of her identical twins looking at photos of her late father Alfred Roy Carey, who passed away July 4, 2022 at 72 years old from cancer.The songstress, whose father was Black and mother was Irish, also honored the Juneteenth holiday,commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Celebrate:Mariah Carey celebrated both Father's Day and Juneteenth on Sunday, with her 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe'Celebrate Your Black Excellence! #HappyJuneteenth #HappyFathersDay Rest in Power Alfred Roy Carey,' Carey said in her post.The photo showed her twins embracing as they take a look at several photos of their grandfather.

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5 Awesome Movies To Watch In Celebration of Juneteenth

Abraham Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation, a law that was meant to free all slaves in America. However, Texas decided to ignore the new law and kept Black Americans enslaved for two more years.On Monday, June 19, 1965, General Gordon Granger and 2,000 troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce that all slaves had been free for two years.

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Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

Ellise Shafer administratorThe Senate has unanimously passed a bill to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday.Juneteenth, which takes place annually on June 19, marks the true end of slavery in the United States. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Army General Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom from slavery in the state of Texas, nearly two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Rapper Niko Brim & Opal Lee Take Long Strides to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday With Special Sneakers: Exclusive

What shoes are fit for an 89-year-old woman trekking nearly 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. to fight for Juneteenth, the day slavery ended in America, to be recognized as a national holiday?

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Usher Advocates for Juneteenth to Become a National Holiday in Powerful Op-Ed

Usher is using his platform to talk about the importance of Juneteenth, specifically, why it should be recognized as an official national holiday.June 19 commemorates the true ending of slavery in the United States. While Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect Jan.

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Usher Endorses Juneteenth As A National Holiday In Powerful Op-Ed

Usher is joining fellow music artists such as Pharrell Williams and Taylor Swift in calling for June 19 — a.k.a. Juneteenth — to become a national holiday in the U.S., commemorating the day that all slaves in the U.S. were finally freed.

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Usher Pens Powerful Op-Ed Advocating for Juneteenth to Become a National Holiday

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVeteran R&B singer Usher has penned a powerful essay stating reasons why Juneteenth should be considered a national holiday. An excerpt is posted below; you can read it in full at the Washington Post.“The liberation Juneteenth commemorates is cause for celebration, but it also reminds us how equality can be delayed.

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Pharrell Williams ‘developing musical about Juneteenth’ as he calls for US national holiday

Deadline reports that Williams and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris are in talks with Netflix to creator a feature-length musical telling the story.The pair are reportedly still at very early stages on the project but we’re already excited to see what they’ll create together.Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery.There have always been calls to make the date a holiday across all states in the USA, but with the spotlight being on Black Lives Matter in the wake of George Floyd’s death, several stars have shown their support for it finally being made official.In Williams’ home state Virginia, he joined Governor Northam to

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UTA, Endeavor To Observe Juneteenth, The Anniversary Of End Of Slavery In America, As Annual Holiday – Update

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmUPDATED with more companies: UTA said Friday that it will annually recognize and make a paid holiday of Juneteenth, commemorating the June 19, 1865 date when slavery ended in the U.S. The date will be considered a paid holiday for all agency staff, and I expect more Hollywood agencies and studios will follow suit.Endeavor also said today it will make Juneteenth an official holiday for its U.S.

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Mariah Carey honors her late father Alfred Roy Carey and celebrates Juneteenth on Father's Day

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