Emancipation Day celebrates when Andrew Johnson freed his slaves on August 8, 1863. Sam Johnson, a former slave, set up the ...

ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

Protesters attempt to topple a statue of Albert Pike during an event to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of ...

Chicago police officers carry Bernie Sanders, 21, to a police wagon from a civil rights demonstration at West 73rd Street and South Lowe Avenue in August 1963. He was charged with resisting arrest, ...

He may only be 11, but Roy Bishop III, of Grosse Pointe Woods, is already following in the public service footsteps of his ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, although it is not universally observed. Oklahoma County observes it, despite a rage-enducing error.

By Sofia Zarran This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with Miami’s. Read more at WLRN.org. Inside ...

Texas, a name derived from the Caddo word táy:shaʼ, meaning ‘friend,’ stands as a colossal and ever-evolving entity within the United States. Covering an expansive 268,596 square miles (695,660 km2) ...

Come Juneteenth / Ann Rinaldi Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author Rinaldi, Ann Summary Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that ...

The administration is using the tools of the state to influence—even poison—how America’s racial history will be taught in ...

RACINE — La’Niya Nguyen was in disbelief when she found out. She had just been informed she was Miss Juneteenth 2025. After the initial shock wore off, Nguyen prepared to take on a new, public ...