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The annual celebration of the end of slavery brings Kalamazoo together for education, lawn games, music and food, she said.

Juneteenth, which is short for "June Nineteenth", celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is also known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day," honors the day in 1865 ...

For the first time since 2017, West Virginia will not host a Juneteenth event today. Last month, Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed the measure that ended diversity, equity and inclusion in state government ...

“You never know what you have until it’s gone and a lot is being stripped away,” former Biden White House official Erica Loewe told theGrio. As millions of Americans celebrate Juneteenth, the federal ...

(AP) - 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.

"The Daily Show" laid into the Trump administration's decision to cut free entry to national parks on Martin Luther King Jr.

WASHINGTON — The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on Thursday, June 19, a federal holiday marking the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were ...

ODESSA, Texas — Juneteenth celebrations are back in full swing across Midland and Odessa, bringing communities together for a week filled with tradition, events and joy. While there will be music, ...