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Juneteenth is busting out all over
Chicago skirts holiday issue as competing bills mandating state celebration remain sidetracked in General Assembly
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Ted CoxJuneteenth, Juneteenth Holiday, Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Civil War, 13th Amendment, U.S. Constitution, Gordon Granger, Juneteenth National Registry, George Floyd, Leslie Hairston, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, La Shawn Ford, Thaddeus Jones, Illinois Department of Human Services, Juliana Stratton, Taylor Bennett, Chance the Rapper, Maudlyne Ihejirika, Marishonta Wilkerson
Pritzker proclaims Juneteenth in Illinois
Michelle Duster, Myiti Sengstacke-Rice, Haki Madhubuti honored in ceremony at Thompson Center
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Michelle Duster, Myiti Sengstacke-Rice, Haki Madhubuti, Illinois Human Rights Council, Ida B. Wells, Juneteenth, Gordon Granger, Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, Slavery, Slavery Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Juneteenth marks end of slavery
Rockford holds its 28th annual Juneteenth event, while a Chicago group touting African-American businesses holds its first
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