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Music The Los Angeles event was disrupted by a stampede caused by unclear factors, causing Amazon Music to pull the plug early.
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Society Public figures bring awareness to the holiday.
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Pop Culture Idris Elba owned up to his mistakes in the best way after upsetting lots of people with his "tone deaf" Juneteenth T-shirt.
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Pop Culture Selena Gomez uses her platform to encourage her fans to read up on Juneteenth and its history.
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Sports The NFL continues to make strides when it comes to recognizing systemic racism.
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Movies Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams will develop an exclusive feature musical for the streaming service.
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Streetwear Nike CEO John Donahoe has announced that the company will observe Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday.
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Pop Culture This year marks the first time Juneteenth will be recognized as a federal holiday.
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Antics The museum thinks their menu item was reasonable-- according to "history."
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Pop Culture Usher joins a growing list of stars calling for Juneteenth to be federally recognized as a holiday.
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Politics Donald Trump attempted to take credit for making Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the day enslaved people in the Texas were freed, "very famous."
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Original Content Celebrate Juneteenth with a playlist that honors Black freedom, resistance, & joy, featuring legends like Sam Cooke, Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, and more.
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Pop Culture Chloe paid homage to one of the greats recently.
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Gram Some fans were hoping for the designers to be credited.
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Music There are plans for a Juneteenth Special and "Fight Night Music" Boxing Special with Onyx and Cypress Hill.
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Music The singer says when she showed her label her plans for "Level Up" and her project, they didn't seem interested.
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Pop Culture The backlash about this was heavy and the company was quick to react.
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Politics A number of senators are moving to make Juneteenth a nationally recognized holiday.
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Pop Culture Idris Elba shared a photo of himself wearing a shirt about Black culture, and people didn't think the message was appropriate.
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Politics Melania Trump sent out a tweet celebrating Juneteenth, but her critics weren't about to let her birther comments about former President Barack Obama be forgotten.
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Pop Culture Willow Smith shared her thoughts about cancel culture on a special Juneteenth episode of "Red Table Talk."
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Lynn S.
