Emancipation Day celebrates when Andrew Johnson freed his slaves on August 8, 1863. Sam Johnson, a former slave, set up the ...

ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

Tennessee celebrates Emancipation Day on August 8, marking the day many enslaved Tennesseans learned of their freedom. While President Andrew Johnson freed his slaves, his legacy is complex due to his ...

The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On July 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln informed his chief advisors and cabinet that he would issue a proclamation to free enslaved people. Even though the Emancipation ...

Brown went on to state: “Juneteenth is more than a celebration of emancipation. It is an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come — and how far we still must go — to fully realize the ...

Isaiah Thomas, who starred at the University of Washington before a long career in the NBA, thinks that Raleigh is going to win the Home Run Derby this summer.

Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered ...

Bluffton held a Juneteenth luncheon and educational session for town employees. The town presented a proclamation to the Bluffton MLK Observance Committee declaring June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day.

Suffolk’s inaugural Juneteenth Festival was held on Saturday, June 21 at the Downtown Festival Park. Presented by Saratoga Dreamers, the festival is a way to bring national Juneteenth celebrations to ...