Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office requested “a passive approach to Juneteenth messaging” for the holiday on Thursday commemorating the end of slavery, according to an email obtained by Rolling ...

Marqueta Collins with Believe In Your Body Movement Boutique was selling T-shirts at the Juneteenth Cookout, hosted by the Kansas City Defender and Decarcerate KC. At the Juneteenth Cookout, families, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Thursday marks four years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but for many Americans, the meaning behind the day is still unclear. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, ...

A Juneteenth mural in Galveston is located at the site of the issuance of General Order No. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” between enslaved Texans and former slave owners after the Emancipation ...

SUNRISE, Fla. - The Florida Panthers announced today that FLA Live Arena will host 'Saturday Sweat' Juneteenth Week Celebration on Saturday, June 25 from 9 AM- 12 PM. The event is free and open to the ...

On June 19, Black people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, when slaves in Texas received the news of the Emancipation Proclamation two years after nearly everyone else in 1865. But while ...

Juneteenth celebrations happened across Milwaukee on Thursday. The city is home to one of the country's longest-running Juneteenth celebrations. New this year, Juneteenth Day festivities will extend ...

Los Angeles will mark this year’s 200 year anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the United States – Juneteenth, now a federal holiday – on Thursday with a slew of events. The federal holiday ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.Learn ...

Cities across metro Atlanta marked Juneteenth with celebrations on Thursday, honoring the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans were informed of their freedom—more than two years after ...