This year marks the fourth year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while ...

Juneteenth is a fine thing. First and foremost, the end of slavery is something we all should commemorate and remember.

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

Growing up in Chicago Deborah Evans – founder of Juneteenth Nevada – didn’t know about the holiday despite living about 10 ...

Explore the history and meaning of Juneteenth through this engaging quiz featuring 30 multiple-choice questions with answers ...

"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

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

Most federal, state, and local government offices in Carroll County will be closed, including the United States Post Office.

Communities across the country mark Juneteenth National Independence Day, which celebrates freedom with parades, panels and ...

Federal employees will have a paid day off on June 19, banks and government offices will be closed, and trash collection will be unavailable, but most private businesses will remain open and COTA ...

In Juneteenth’s fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.