Houston Chronicle reporter Joy Sewing reveals her family's connection to Juneteenth and sharecropping, sharing her uncle's journey from poverty to becoming a successful bank owner.

Discover Manitowoc's surprising connection to Juneteenth as Pinecrest Historical Village hosts an event highlighting how local soldiers were present in Galveston for the historic announcement.

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, attracting participants who said current events strengthened ...

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

Galveston – Thursday marks 160 years since the end to slavery in the United States or Juneteenth. The island city of ...

Former President Joe Biden went to Galveston, Texas, on Thursday to join a Juneteenth Celebration Service at a historic ...

Today marks Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.The holiday celebrates June 19, 1865, ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...

Many events were held across the region Thursday in honor of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day Union soldiers announced to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, they were free.

The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. –Events celebrating Juneteenth, the federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. on ...