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June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
Residents of Linden, Texas gathered to celebrate Juneteenth and honor their ancestors, with a group of women using imagery on ...
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...
Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...
Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...
Washington — Former President Joe Biden is set to head to Galveston, Texas, on Thursday to join a Juneteenth Celebration ...
The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...
For many, Juneteenth is a time to reflect on the African American journey from the brutality of slavery to the resilience of ...
June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...
While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for ...
Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.
President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...