The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

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 ...

Music could be heard throughout the Sioux City Public Museum on Thursday during Sioux City’s NAACP Juneteenth celebration.

The Blacks in Technology of Southwest Virginia put together a Juneteenth Celebration: A Day of Independence and Unity at the ...

Five years ago, the nation recognized the first Juneteenth. It marks the day in 1965 when Union soldiers went to Galveston, ...

June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...

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

Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...

Exactly 160 years after the final state was ordered to comply with the Emancipation Proclamation, Indiana joined the nation ...

Exactly 160 years after the final state was ordered to comply with the Emancipation Proclamation, Indiana joined the nation ...