Juneteenth is a federal holiday also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. It's celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Galveston, Texas, holds a unique and powerful place in American history as the birthplace of Juneteenth, the holiday that ...

Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

Juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021. Here's why it's celebrated.

Juneteenth marks the moment Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation, freeing a quarter million enslaved people in Texas in 1865. The Standard's Sean Saldana reports on how the city ...

Juneteenth is observed on June 19 and several celebrations are scheduled to take place this weekend, including the Central Texas parade and festival ...

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Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...

As towns and cities across the United States today celebrate the anniversary of the end of slavery on Juneteenth, see how ...

Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...

Juneteenth has arrived, with Americans now celebrating its fifth year as a federally recognized holiday. Given its relatively ...