US General Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, delivering the long-awaited news of emancipation to enslaved Americans — an ...

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

MY Project USA hosted a Freedom Forward Community Circle event Wednesday, allowing young people to talk about what freedom means to them. Organizers said the event is ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that slaves would be freed in ...

Federal offices are closed Thursday June 19th for Juneteenth, but in South Carolina business will continue as usual at the ...

Steven Rogers is a retired professor from Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Business. He has lived in Evanston ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday Thursday marking the day when slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

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

Torrents of rain did nothing to stop the Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition's first celebration at Liberty Park in 2011.

The name of the holiday blends the words "June" and "nineteenth" — representing how on June 19, 1865, Union Major Gen. Gordon ...

Former President Joe Biden plans to attend Juneteenth celebrations in Galveston, despite his recent cancer diagnosis.

Houston is observing Juneteenth as a federal holiday, with many services and businesses closing to honor the day that ...