![]() “Looking at the booking data by destination, it is evident that customers are keeping abreast of the various legislative changes both abroad and here in the UK, and are eager to make an informed decision on where to holiday, and also when to go to get the best deal with the highly competitive prices that are currently available.” Wayne Perks, Managing Director, comments: “ We have seen a significant surge of calls into our sales centre, and subsequently bookings, as customers become increasingly reassured that the barriers to travel are being lifted and they can once again holiday abroad in confidence. Online travel agency Teletext Holidays has seen a 158% increase in bookings across a 48 hour period, across a 48 hour period, Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th June, compared to the previous week, (and 716% uplift on comparable May dates), following the announcements on lifting travel restrictions at much loved holiday destinations, coupled with the expected imminent announcement of air bridges by the British government allowing holidaymakers to forgo quarantine on arrival in the UK. The vicious response from white segregationists shocked the world and galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.Most popular booking destinations for Teletext Holidays are The Canaries, Mainland Spain, Balearics and Greece, as customers seek to benefit from quarantine-free travel both to and on arrival back from these Med resorts. looked to children to join the struggle for equal rights. ![]() NPR's Debbie Elliot traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, which is marking the 60th anniversary of the movement, when leaders like Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. So to mark the day we're looking at a turning point in the fight for civil rights - The Children's Crusade. And it didn't end with the Emancipation Proclamation. But for African Americans, the fight for freedom began long before the Civil War. on that day, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the news to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas. June 19th marks the date in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. While Black people in this country have been celebrating Juneteenth for decades, what is sometimes referred to as Emancipation Day or America's "second Independence Day" is only being celebrated as a national holiday this year for the third time. The vicious response from white segregationists shocked the world and galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.įirefighters turn their hoses full force on civil rights demonstrators Jin Birmingham, Ala. ![]() ![]() Remembering The Children's Crusade On Juneteenth : Consider This from NPR While Black people in this country have been celebrating Juneteenth for decades, what is sometimes referred to as Emancipation Day or America's "second Independence Day" is only being celebrated as a national holiday this year for the third time.
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