Juneteenth has long been celebrated by the African American community. The holiday dates back to June 19, 1865, marking the day the last remaining enslaved people in Texas found out they were free.

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

Multiple events took place across Columbia on Thursday to celebrate Juneteenth, which is considered the longest-running ...

The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

Juneteenth is a day of celebration for Americans, and a time to recall the end of chattel slavery on June 19, 1865.

This Juneteenth, neighbors in Tallahassee’s Betton Hills join historians and community leaders to honor the lives buried in a ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...

"Since this is a national holiday, it's time for us to bring something bigger to the Central Valley," said Landon Green, The Freedom Groups. "This Juneteenth is the largest African American festival ...

For many United States (U.S.) citizens, Juneteenth was proclaimed a national holiday during the confounding times of our ...

Many events were held across the region Thursday in honor of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day Union soldiers announced to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, they were free.

The Juneteenth Block Party at the African American Museum in Philadelphia was forced to end early Thursday due to severe ...

The 160th anniversary of Juneteenth was marked with a big celebration at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.