Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 and is a day to commemorate June 19, 1865, the last reading of the Emancipation ...

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

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Juneteenth will be celebrated all throughout Northwest Florida come Thursday and into the weekend. June 19 ...

(WPRI) — Juneteenth is a federal holiday marking the day when everyone in the United States became free. Here’s everything ...

Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is now recognized as a federal holiday. It marks the day in 1865 when the news of emancipation finally reached the last group of ...

Thursday, June 19, 2025, marks the annual federal holiday of Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the ...

Although the holiday has long been celebrated in the Black American community, Juneteenth has not always had federal ...

The politics of Juneteenth today can probably be best understood by what's happening or not happening at the White House.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued a proclamation to commemorate Juneteenth. The federal holiday was created to commemorate the emancipation of ...

Thursday marks the anniversary of the day that news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the slaves in Galveston, known ...

In that light, housing — specifically Black homeownership — emerges as a vital frontier in the ongoing pursuit of true ...