Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — as a state holiday, while legislative efforts to make it a permanent holiday in the state have so far faltered.
Ivey’s office said Monday that June 19 will be a holiday for state workers coinciding with the federal holiday. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. This will be the fourth year that Ivey has designated it as a state holiday.
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned from Union soldiers that they were free. The news came two months after the end of the Civil War and about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Action by the Alabama Legislature would be required to make Juneteenth a permanent state holiday. There have been efforts to do so or to abolish or rename of the state’s three Confederate-related holidays. So far none of those efforts have been successful.
Related articles
Russian general who criticized equipment shortages in Ukraine is arrested on bribery charges
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian general who was relieved of duty last year after complaining about2024-05-22Welcome to Wrexham is officially renewed for a fourth season
Hit documentary series 'Welcome to Wrexham' has been officially renewed for a fourth season.The grip2024-05-22Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico shot and is fighting for his life
The shooting Wednesday of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in the town of Handlova following a p2024-05-22Indigenous consultant accuses NHL's Blackhawks of fraud, sexual harassment
CHICAGO (AP) — A consultant the Chicago Blackhawks hired to improve relationships with American Indi2024-05-22- BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN will carry England’s FA Cup in the U.S. through 2028 after reaching a fou2024-05-22
The Fortune Hotel viewers spot contestant who has already been on another reality TV show
The Fortune Hotel viewers have been left baffled after they realised that one of the show's contesta2024-05-22
atest comment