Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the Confederacy were freed in Texas. Learn about the ...

Here's everything you need to know about Juneteenth, including when it is and the meaning behind the day, plus what's open ...

Since 1866, the African-American community has marked June 19th—known as Emancipation Day or Juneteenth—as a day of ...

Teachers never mentioned Blacks, Negroes or anything the entire time I was in school,” he said. “Why, for a time, I thought ...

As it is a federal holiday, some services and stores will be closed. Here's what to know ahead of the summer holiday.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

Juneteenth falls on Thursday, June 19 in 2025. Here's what to know about whether banks, post offices and shipping services will be open.

Juneteenth, a more recent federal holiday, is dedicated to celebrating the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. A culmination of events take place across the country on June 19 to ...

People unfamiliar with the occasion may be asking themselves, is there a "right" way to celebrate Juneteenth? For beginners ...

Biden on Thursday will attend the annual Juneteenth service at the church, 2013 Broadway Avenue J, which is set to begin at 6 ...

For more than 150 years, June 19 has been a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Communities across the ...

Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...