For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

Juneteenth is the longest-running African American holiday, and it became a federal holiday a few years ago. Here's what's open and closed Thursday.

Four short years after the recognition of a holiday commemorating freedom, it feels like Black people are less free.

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

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...

The Juneteenth615 Celebration has been a tradition in Nashville since 2018. Attendees can enjoy music, food, games, ...

Late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was the driving force in establishing Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston learned they were free, as a federal holiday.

A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Corey D ...