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

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

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

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

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

SPRINGFIELD — A free exhibition of a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historic executive order that freed millions ...

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

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

JACKSON, MI -- Hundreds gathered at Jackson’s Horace Blackman Park for this year’s Juneteenth celebration and resource fair.