With Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth” in attendance, the Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved a resolution ...

As of 2023, more than half of states across the U.S. recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday, according to the Pew Research Center.

Museum officials hope to have the grand opening in 2026, when Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth​, turns 100 years old.

Plano, Illinois recognized Juneteenth as a holiday in February 2021. That same year, it became a state and federal holiday. However, event organizers announced on social media that the 2025 ...

Thursday night, the Providence City Council will vote to approve the five appointed members to the school board.

"Ultimately, Juneteenth was selected as the new date." For more information about the 2025 MLK Day Parade, visit mlkparadepensacola.com.

Other events that will be impacted include those related to Black History Month, Women's History Month, Women's Equality Day, ...

Eric Benét, Fabolous, Buffalo Nichols and Shonn Hinton have been added to the lineup for the festival's first official Juneteenth celebration.

Name the time and place, and I'll meet you there." Lee, born in 1926, played a crucial role in making Juneteenth a federal holiday. In 2016, she walked from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to ...

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to President ...

The DIA has paused observances of Black History Month and Pride Month in accordance with President Trump’s ban on DEI ...