It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's ...

The Goretti Juneteenth Festival begins at noon at Goretti Park at 7500 Benson Street. The event features live music, waterslides, games, face painting and fish plates for sale. La ...

Juneteenth, which commemorates the day around 250,000 enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom, became a federal holiday in 2021.

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ...

Juneteenth is our nation’s holiday that celebrates when all citizens were free. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that ...

A walk in Pacoima, a celebration in Altadena and a concert in Manhattan Beach are some of the events planned for Juneteenth ...

Lincoln Land Community College will host the third annual Freedom Walk at 8:30 a.m. The self-guided walk around the ...

On Thursday, many in New Orleans will be celebrating the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, which was recognized as a federal ...