Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

A man and his vision were driven by a deep, personal duty to ensure Black history was remembered, preserved and celebrated.

It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...

Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Here's some of ...

Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and one woman who helped make this happen is Ms. Opal Lee. She’s a mother, a ...

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to go light on commemorating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end ...

Since Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, its recognition has continued to grow in Michigan and nationally too. The ...

On that day, the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas announcing that all enslaved African Americans were free. The ...

And atop the Hancock Building, Chicago is welcoming the community as part of its 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration. It will ...