The sparklers have dimmed. The flags have been folded. The booming echoes of July 4th have quieted, leaving behind the ...

Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as ...

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth. Here's what to know about the holiday and why' it's celebrated.

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

Gaffney, who bonded over their diverse cultural backgrounds, chose Juneteenth weekend to honor “the struggles and triumphs of ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3 declared that ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday Thursday marking the day when slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation, two years after it had been announced.

The Juneteenth holiday was celebrated twice over this past week in the city of Franklin via nonprofit Amun Ra Inc.’s third ...

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, was on Thursday, but you can still catch events planned throughout the weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

To close out Juneteenth celebrations, a healing and reconciliation vigil was held to focus on building back relationships ...

Jakob Gibson/Fulton Sun Charles Galbreath served as the keynote speaker for Sunday's Juneteenth celebration at the Guiding ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas ...