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In this Juneteenth edition of Due South, Leoneda Inge visits the site of a former plantation where Triangle Land Conservancy is working to preserve and reimagine the land.

Reveal鈥檚 newest series uncovers the government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles, only to take the land back. 鈥淔orty acres and a mule鈥� is more than reparations that didn鈥檛 happen.

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

Last year, Juneteenth was designated an official federal holiday. This year, the celebrations are bigger and more historic.

深夜福利 will broadcast special programs examining the history and significance of Juneteenth as well as struggles for LGBTQ+ rights around the globe.

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. 深夜福利 is compiling the following list of local events in our listening area to mark the day.

Cooper's executive order gives workers in Cabinet-level agencies an additional eight hours of leave annually for an observance that includes but isn't limited to days of cultural or religious importance.

Republican state senators passed three new measures along party lines that aim to change North Carolina election law. Meanwhile in the state house, a long-awaited 47-page energy bill made a controversial debut, and municipalities around the state celebrate Juneteenth for the first time against the backdrop of ongoing conversations about how to teach history in public schools.

In Warrenton, North Carolina, this Juneteenth is commemorated by a dramatic production. The community came together, not to tell the story of the end of slavery, but the end of Reconstruction, some 50 years later.

The governing board of North Carolina's largest county by population voted on Monday to make Juneteenth a paid county holiday for its workers.The Wake鈥�