Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...

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

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...

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

Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.

Trump’s attack on the stewards of our country’s heritage and history is an attack on our national sense of self.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued a proclamation to commemorate Juneteenth. The federal holiday was created ...

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston announcing the enforcement of ...

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

My heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much,” said state Sen. John Lovick.