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 ...

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 ...

Coastal Georgians gathered on Juneteenth and throughout the weekend to recognize Juneteenth, the day that recognizes June 19, ...

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

Juneteenth became an official federal holiday starting in 2021 under former President Joe Biden to recognize the freedom of ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...