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Read about Juneteenth in New Jersey in 2025. Juneteenth is a federal holiday and state holiday in several states. It commemorates the date in 1865 when news of the emancipation of African American slaves reached Galveston, Texas.
The following holidays will be observed by State agencies in 2025. New Year's Day. 01/01/2025. Wednesday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 01/20/2025. Monday. Presidents Day. 02/17/2025.
Juneteenth is short for “June Nineteenth”. In September 2020, New Jersey designated the third Friday in June as an official state holiday. In 2024, most states that observe Juneteenth will do so on Wednesday 19 June. In 2025, the holiday falls on a Thursday.
19 cze 2024 · Overview. The first-of-its-kind New Jersey Reparations Council was convened by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice on Juneteenth 2023 to finally confront and repair the deep and often overlooked history of slavery in New Jersey and its lasting impact on the contemporary life of Black people in the state.
19 cze 2024 · Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19, but New Jersey will observe the holiday on Friday instead. Here is why.
19 cze 2023 · The Newark-based nonprofit hopes to change that. Three days after the state observed its third Juneteenth holiday on a different day, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice met Monday at...
28 wrz 2023 · The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice held its first R eparations Council meeting Tuesday night, launching a high-profile effort to study the role of slavery in the state and propose reparations for those who are affected by its lasting impacts.
