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Juneteenth will be celebrated on Thursday, June 19, 2025. However, it's unknown if it will be a state holiday this year.
Juneteenth is the longest-running African American holiday, and it became a federal holiday a few years ago. Here's what's open and closed Thursday.
Police in South Carolina and Oklahoma are investigating two separate shootings that occurred on June 21 as people gathered for Juneteenth events.
Oklahoma City's Eastside will host Juneteenth on the East, a three-day celebration of Black freedom and culture, from June 19 to 21, featuring art, fashion and live performances.
Police responded to a shooting that broke out at a busy Juneteenth celebration near downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday ...
TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — Tulsa Police posted on Facebook they sent 70 officers to OKC for the Thunder Parade Tuesday morning.
Over the weekend, the Town of Boley hosted the Oklahoma Black Towns Juneteenth Rhythm & Blues Festival. The event ...
The Tulsa Police Department Homicide Unit is asking those who captured video from 10-11:30 p.m. during the Juneteenth event ...
Business owners in Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District said it is safe to visit, shop, and tour Black Wall Street after a ...
Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting ... in death penalty decision ...
Tulsa Police identified the man who was killed during a shooting at Tulsa's Juneteenth Festival Saturday night as Isaiah Knight.
In Oklahoma, Juneteenth highlights tribal slavery descendants’ fight for recognition and citizenship Published: Jun. 17, 2025, 4:12 p.m. Rhonda Grayson and Jeff Kennedy pose for a portrait on ...