Juneteenth is what the dictionaries call a “compression,” in this case of a date, ‘June Nineteenth.’ The actual June 19th that we mark with this holiday is June 19, 1865.

U.S. Major General Gordon Granger ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, ending ...

Juneteenth celebrations were held around the capital city on Thursday including a fireside chat with journalist, author and political commentator Roland Martin.