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 ...

The National Park Service said the move aligns with President Donald Trump's executive orders to reinstate preexisting ...

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

Marshall, Texas has a rich history, having served as the seat of justice for the Panola Judicial District, the first ...

Texas, a name derived from the Caddo word táy:shaʼ, meaning ‘friend,’ stands as a colossal and ever-evolving entity within ...

Daniel O’Connell’s efforts culminated in the passage of the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, which allowed Catholics to sit in ...

A massacre even took place in Christiansted on the day of the emancipation where some slaves were killed or wounded. The ...

NASSAU| Residents and the wider community came to Fox Hill early Monday morning to rush at the Emancipation Day events. The defunct JCNP Chairman Dion Miller suggested that drums across the Junkanoo ...