Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were free.

Though the Trump administration has been removing content on African American history from federal websites, Juneteenth ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

Claims that no progress on racial equity has been made in the eight decades since Opal Lee graduated from I.M. Terrell are ...

There are several events planned in the Sacramento area this week in celebration of Juneteenth, which is also known as ...

America’s newest national holiday today also rises as America’s most misunderstood federal holiday. Part of that misunderstanding may come from its novelty to the masses. After all, Juneteenth has ...

MIDLAND, Texas — A Midland pageant honoring Juneteenth is doing more than crowning winners. It’s giving young Black students ...

Residents of all ages gathered at the Lincoln Recreation Center for a day of remembrance, unity and cultural celebration in ...

A groundbreaking is scheduled in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. The Juneteenth ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

The politics of Juneteenth today can probably be best understood by what's happening or not happening at the White House.