Denham Springs residents, local pastors and officials, and Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John Guidry celebrated Juneteenth ...

Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia ...

Juneteenth, officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day slaves in Galveston, ...

Those gathered June 19 for a Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange heard the Rev. Wheeler Parker tell of his cousin Emmett ...

California elected officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the California Legislative Black Caucus, celebrated ...

Louis Durgado honored Haigler with a song titled “Color of History,” which debuted at the event and deeply inspired her. Haigler said she, Durgado, Jarvis Bailey and others are in partnership to ...

Juneteenth, recognized on June 19, is a federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

Jennifer Sharpe, former deputy editor of The Journal Record, has been contributing a weekly opinion column for more than three years. She was the 2023 winner of the Oklahoma Press Association ONG ...

In a moving ceremony on Wednesday, June 18, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson led a Juneteenth Flag Raising at Lou ...

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), in collaboration with the African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), has commemorated ...

The Evanston community danced with joy on Saturday during its sixth annual Juneteenth Celebration & Freedom Parade, which ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of ...