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 ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

Dr. Molefi Asante, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University says June 19th, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, is a day that blacks in America should never forget. "It is ...

US President Donald 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 ...

The National Park Service will cut Martin Luther King’s Birthday and Juneteenth, two holidays honoring Black history, from ...

June 19 commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. A handful of corporations in the U.S. announced this year that they are making Juneteenth, the day traditionally used to commemorate the end of ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump did not recognize the Juneteenth Holiday yesterday, breaking from a tradition observed by past administrations. The White House issued no statement, held no event, ...

In place of these days, the Trump administration has opted to celebrate more former presidents' birthdays and Trump's ...

The National Park Service under the Trump adminstration has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from the fee-free days. These ...