This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Here's some of its history, and how it came to be a national holiday. President Abraham ...

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 ...

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. It became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth ...

Celebrations all over Los Angeles County marked Juneteenth and they all shared one thing in common: A rich sense of history. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger reading ...

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.Learn ...

Since Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, there has been an increase in Juneteenth celebrations across the country. In Atlanta, the annual Juneteenth Atlanta parade and music festival ...

COMMEMORATING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. RIGHT NOW, THE HOLIDAY IS BEING CELEBRATED WITH A GATHERING OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES AT FOURTH STREET LIVE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU ...

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