Along with Memorial Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth became one of three federal holidays with explicit roots ...

How did Juneteenth get its start? Juneteenth commemorates when Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, ...

It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...

On Thursday, the United States government is pausing its ongoing transformation into the sharp instrument of Donald Trump ’s ...

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

And in 2021, then-President Biden signed legislation into law to make Juneteenth, or June 19, a federal holiday. Biden’s ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the last enslaved Black ...

Juneteenth celebrations in Milwaukee kick off Thursday morning, June 19 with a parade.

Though some worry over the federal pushback against DEI, community members say there is a renewed focus to recognize Black ...

When Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, many Black-owned businesses reported strong sales. Now, Chicago companies ...

Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...