Americans celebrate the emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas, while July 4th is a celebration of American independence, ...

Federal Way officials unveiled a new sign Wednesday at Conna Park, renamed for Black pioneers John and Mary Conna, who homesteaded the area in the late 1800s.

From Galveston to the Guggenheim, Black communities are gathering in joy—even as DEI gains, Black history and hard-won ...

The Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival wraps up its weeklong celebration with a powerful day of community events and ...

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

Celebrate Juneteenth, stay up late at the Smithsonian’s Solstice Saturday, dance at an outdoor concert or sample barbecue on Pennsylvania Avenue.

It’s 5:00 a.m. on an unseasonably muggy, gray summer day, and runners are arriving at the Civil War Defenses of Washington trail in Southeast D.C. for the sixth Annual Juneteenth Marathon. As hundreds ...

"My heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much," said state Sen. John Lovick.

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated a heat alert for Thursday as temperatures and humidity ...

June 19 is a federally recognized holiday, and an official holiday in Washington state. State and federal offices will be closed.

Air temperatures are expected to be in the upper 80s and lower 90s over the next two days. When combined with humidity, ...

The politics of Juneteenth today can probably be best understood by what's happening or not happening at the White House.