Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in ...

Each year on June 19th, the United States pauses to commemorate Juneteenth, the date in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom, more than two ...

Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...

Marqueta Collins with Believe In Your Body Movement Boutique was selling T-shirts at the Juneteenth Cookout, hosted by the Kansas City Defender and Decarcerate KC. At the Juneteenth Cookout, families, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.” But on this year’s ...

The music celebration honors Juneteenth through Harlem's own place in Black history. The Big Band Jubilee in Harlem celebrates Juneteenth through the neighborhood’s enduring jazz music legacy. The ...