Juneteenth – California Globe

President Biden in San Francisco On Day 2 of His California Visit

June 21, 2023 2:30 amJune 21, 2023 2:31 am

President Joe Biden entered day 2 of his three-day visit to California on Tuesday, travelling to San Francisco to talk with tech leaders about Artificial intelligence. President Biden began his California trip in Palo Alto on Monday, with Governor Gavin...

Happy Juneteenth: Freedom Brought to You by the Republican Party

June 19, 2023 8:32 pmJune 19, 2023 9:10 pm

During the Antioch Juneteenth Celebration event a few years ago, I shared the fact with a few people, mainly youth in attendance, that Juneteenth and the ending of slavery in the U.S. was the result of the efforts of the...

Bill To Add Juneteenth As Paid State Holiday Gains Near-Universal Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 2:33 amJune 20, 2022 10:34 pm

A bill to add Juneteenth as an official paid state holiday in California gained near universal support in the last few weeks as public support for the holiday also climbs. Assembly Bill 1655, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles),...

Bill To Make Juneteenth an Official State Paid Holiday Introduced in CA Assembly

January 17, 2022 11:50 am

A bill to make Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipations of slavery in the United States, a paid state holiday in California, was introduced to the Assembly late last week. According to Assembly Bill 1655, authored by Assemblywoman Akilah...

Lift Your Voice and Sing… Something Else

July 5, 2021 3:29 pmAugust 31, 2021 8:39 am

Some of the most iconic moments in entertainment history include various renditions of the Star-Spangled Banner. In these moments, issues that divide melt into ties that bind as spectators find themselves united in the words “O Say can you see!”...