Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became ...

States that do not recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday include Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, ...

Juneteenth recognizes the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, symbolizing the end of slavery ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

Juneteenth commemorates one of the country’s oldest and most painful journeys: the ongoing fight for true, tangible and ...

Coffee Break, what songs that celebrate Juneteenth would you like to hear? Respond with your song ideas in the comments below ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...

Many areas of Western Pennsylvania are inconsistent in their approach to observing Juneteenth. Federal and state offices are ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Former President Joe Biden might be a special guest at a Juneteenth celebration on Galveston Island. It ...

Here’s a list of what is open and what is closed in Massachusetts for Juneteenth, June 19, 2025. Banks: Most banks will be ...

The festivities begin Thursday with live entertainment and games at the African American Museum and end Sunday with a concert ...