Learn about the history behind Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday that honors the end of slavery in the ...

President Donald Trump seemingly took a dig at Juneteenth, and other "non-working" holidays, in a social media post on June 19.

More than 200 people took part in this year’s annual Juneteenth A Celebration of Freedom Walk on June 19 in Grayslake.

With the 10th anniversary of the Valley Fire looming this September, Lisa Kaplan, executive director of the Middletown Art ...

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Celebrations across the country marked Juneteenth, the day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom ...

Five years ago, the nation recognized the first Juneteenth. It marks the day in 1965 when Union soldiers went to Galveston, ...

Biden said at the time that June 19 serves as a "day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery ...

The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the day when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and announced that over 250,000 remaining enslaved people in Texas were ...

But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday yet. That holiday ...

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...

Former President Joe Biden celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday at a historic Black church in Texas, calling for Americans to ...