CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker made Juneteenth a state holiday Wednesday. Juneteenth, which falls on Saturday, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Pritzker signed the legislation ...

TOMORROW. TODAY IS JUNETEENTH, ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY AND EMANCIPATION DAY, COMMEMORATING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE HOLDING DIFFERENT PARADES AND ...

Young dancers with the Georgia Stars Academy of Dance perform in Atlanta’s Juneteenth parade Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Julia Beverly for the Georgia Recorder) MARIETTA, Ga. – Selina and Howie Newton ...

DALLAS -- Opal Lee, 95, spent years lobbying for federal recognition of Juneteenth, and her work finally paid off. "I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened," said Lee, known as ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas and ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday has ...

DECATUR — Juneteenth celebrations are often filled with singing, dancing and celebrating a culture and history. Decatur’s festivities are no different. The community had its first Juneteenth ...

FREMONT – The weather was hot and humid, but the community Juneteenth celebration did not slow down. The Juneteenth event was hosted by the NAACP Unit 3217B in Fremont’s Birchard Park and Rodger Young ...

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a day dedicated to commemorating the liberation of enslaved Black people from slavery in the United States. On January 1, 1863, President ...

A woman hands out Juneteenth flags to attendees at a 2023 Juneteenth celebration in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Bishop Craig Coates doesn’t want to name names. But, the ...