Celebrate Black arts and expression with the Voices of Freedom visual and performing arts series in Cincinnati, featuring new works by local artists.

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

While Black History Month is commemorated in February, celebrating and learning more about the history doesn't have to stop ...

As Black History Month kicks off this weekend, the Marshall-Harrison County Juneteenth Association is moving up its annual ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, became aware of their freedom, two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. On Saturday ...

Manifest Magic Black Girl Cooperative is making plans for a Juneteenth Parade, a celebration of freedom, unity and cultural ...

Despite being on the list of the Defense Intelligence Agency's paused events and activities, the memo clarified that Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth will remain federal holidays.

played a crucial role in making Juneteenth a federal holiday. In 2016, she walked from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024 ...

The class, designed around Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, explores Black freedom beyond the well-known Juneteenth narrative. The Odewale emphasized the importance of understanding the role of Black ...

At 1 p.m. Saturday, the bell at the Sterling Methodist Church pealed 13 times, joining ceremonies in communities across America to mark Freedom Day.

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling ...

More than six decades after American minister and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the historic speech, “I Have a Dream,” from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, ...