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What You Need to Know About Juneteenth
“(On) July 4, 1776, not everybody was free and celebrating their Independence Day.So here’s our day.And if you love us, it’ll be your day, too.” That’s how Pharrell Williams addressed the press in his home state of Virginia on Tuesday, June 16, according to The Virginian Pilot, as he appeared alongside Gov.Ralph Northam during a […]
Continue readingPharrell Williams Helps Make Juneteenth a State Holiday in Virginia
Pharrell Williams is helping to make history in his home state of Virginia.On Tuesday, the musician joined Virginia Gov.Ralph Northam at a press conference to propose that June 19—the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was signed—is officially made a state holiday.Virginia would be the second state in the United States to make the historic date, […]
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