The event will be held at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or cookouts.

Isabella Aldrete, the Nevada Independent It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the ...

It took a while. But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday ...