The Rev. Dr. Brown explained in a 2019 Church News video that “Come, Come Ye Saints” and the iconic Black spiritual “Lift ...

Should Dublin Irish Festival be chastised for flying the Irish flag? Re "Juneteenth divides us," June 21: Don Denton’s letter criticizing Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson’s statement that “Juneteenth is ...

The summer humidity and intermittent rain showers did not put a damper on the Juneteenth community event that took place on ...

Devon Henry, owner of the Newport News-based construction firm Team Henry Enterprises LLC, was the keynote speaker at this year’s local Juneteenth observance, “A ...

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebrated annually on June 19, it marks the day ...

The Bryan County Chapter of the NAACP #5648 held their second annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Prayer Breakfast at the Richmond ...

Juneteenth, which is officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated ...

Celebrations all over Los Angeles County marked Juneteenth and they all shared one thing in common: A rich sense of history.

As she held her 8-month-old son, Khalid, Medina refocused on the history of Juneteenth including U.S. Union troops who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to inform slaves of their freedom. It came ...

It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore Thorpe III.

As the 2025 Super Bowl begins, Ledisi took the field to sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," widely known as the Black national anthem. Here's what to know about the song.