Juneteenth, marked every 19 June, commemorates the delayed announcement of emancipation in Texas in 1865. It’s a celebration ...

Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...

Many government offices will be closed in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday. Here's a list of what else is closed.

Two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the enslaved people of Texas learned — via the ...

These Black people may have left the South, but they did not leave their heritage. They brought their culture and traditions with them when they left, so it stands to reason that Black folks from as ...

This year marks the fourth year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while Juneteenth technically combines the words June and nineteenth, the state of New ...

Juneteenth celebration is returning to Staunton this weekend. Juneteenth itself is June 19 every year, but the celebrations have taken place on the weekends before and after the federal holiday. The ...