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We look so good,” attendee Brittony McKenney said, emphasizing how Black women specifically showed up to the block party.
Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...
Another Juneteenth has come and gone, except in Galveston. Former President Joe Biden's visit to the island last Thursday and ...
Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...
The founder of Galveston's popular Steampunk Festival in April is expanding his love of fantasy themes with a new ...
Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia ...
Those gathered June 19 for a Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange heard the Rev. Wheeler Parker tell of his cousin Emmett ...
Joe Biden made an appearance on Juneteenth in Texas at Galveston's Reedy Chapel, calling for the country to unify in ...
A truth clear to some people for years is becoming more obvious each time June 19 rolls around — the fact Juneteenth is a ...
Pres. Trump was silent on Juneteenth, in sharp contrast to his previous terms. Instead, commenting later that day on too many ...
Celebrations across the country marked Juneteenth, the day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom ...