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Juneteenth marks the day, June 19, 1865, that news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last remaining slaves in Texas. Due to limited communication technology of that time, and ...
The Kennett library graciously offered to host the event after the original cancellation, and it ended up becoming a ...
The African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has marked the 2025 Juneteenth, a commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African ...
Talib Abdullahi founded the Black History Bike Ride in 2020 as a way to educate Austinites about the city's African American ...
The event, “Rooted in Resilience, Growing in Unity,” honors Juneteenth’s legacy commemorating the ending of slavery when the emancipation proclamation was finally enforced in Texas on June ...
"It is really simple. My problem is boiled down to a bumper sticker: all or none. Not some, all or none," said Chaz Stevens, ...
What began as a rainy morning turned into a heartfelt celebration of freedom, heritage and unity as the Montevallo community gathered for its third annual Juneteenth celebration on Thursday, June 19.
Downtown Noblesville came alive on Saturday, June 14, as the community gathered for the largest HATCH Fest yet, a celebration ...
The Descendants Project will host panel sessions and an exhibit on the 1811 German Coast slave revolt, at the Woodland Plantation in Laplace ...
Posted: July 12, 2025 | Last updated: July 12, 2025 "Emancipation Park is sacred ground." It was important to hold the event, even though it was postponed due to weather last month.
Lake Land College held its second Juneteenth celebration Thursday morning in the Luther Student Center.
Billionaire hedge funder Kenneth Griffin was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation.