Juneteenth, a holiday that was mostly celebrated by Black families in the South, commemorates the end of slavery in the ...

On June 19, 1865, news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas, and the last enslaved people in America ...

The city of Winston-Salem has declared June 13th as "Peter Oliver Freedom Day" in honor of an enslaved man who negotiated his ...

The Thursday, June 19, federal holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when word finally reached the last enslaved people in Texas that the Civil War had ended, and they were free. It was more than two ...

Celebrations are set across Northern Virginia for the nation’s youngest holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

"Juneteenth marks both a long, hard night of slavery and subjugation and the promise of a brighter morning to come," Biden said from the White House. "This is a day, in my view, of profound weight and ...

The CSRA will have several Juneteenth event June 14 in North Augusta, June 19 in Augusta and Juneteenth event June 21 in ...

Juneteenth Chicagoland’s Intersection of Celebration and Calls for Justice The mid-June sunshine reveals Bronzeville streets ...

Gayle Anderson previews the Los Angeles Public Library June Jubilee: A Celebration of Black Excellence in honor of Juneteenth. According to the LAPL, the Third Annual June Jubilee: A Celebration ...

Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, Poughkeepsie: Celebrate freedom, culture and community with music, dance, food, drinks, games ...

Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

At Monday night’s council meeting, the Carpinteria City Council affirmed that Carpinteria will recognize Juneteenth on June 19. Juneteenth is celebrated across the United States each year in recogniti ...