Tucson's big annual Juneteenth celebration was canceled due to coronavirus but several smaller and virtual events will take place. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, ...

Tucson groups are commemorating Juneteenth, an annual celebration that honors the end of slavery in the United States, with both virtual and in-person events this weekend. Juneteenth, which just ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Juneteenth Festival is celebrating it's 50th year in the Old Pueblo. “It’s about freedom and not just freedom, other people but freedom to be able to challenge ...

March 4 Justice Tucson’s Juneteenth: Institutionalized was held at MSA Annex Friday, June 19, and highlighted education, art and performance while celebrating Juneteenth, the 155-year-old unofficial ...

More events than ever before are being held in Tucson to commemorate Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the 1865 emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Here are a few ways that you can mark ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Community members gathered yesterday at the Kino Sports Complex to celebrate Juneteenth - a federal holiday that commemorates the 158th anniversary of the end of slavery. The ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The 2nd annual Juneteenth Art Expo showcasing over 100 pieces of Pan-African art is today. This free event highlights 112 local Pan-African artists in works of all media and art ...

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers marched into Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law, marking ...

The 49th annual Tucson Juneteenth festival was celebrated on Saturday, June 15 at the Tucson Convention Center, drawing crowds locally as well as from afar to commemorate the yearly celebration.

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. The ...

The holiday, observed on June 19, is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, and has been celebrated by communities across the country for more than a century. But Juneteenth didn't become ...

Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...