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 ...

Talib Abdullahi founded the Black History Bike Ride in 2020 as a way to educate Austinites about the city's African American ...

The Kennett library graciously offered to host the event after the original cancellation, and it ended up becoming a ...

The Trump administration released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the ...

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.

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 ...

The Descendants Project will host panel sessions and an exhibit on the 1811 German Coast slave revolt, at the Woodland Plantation in Laplace ...

Bluffton celebrates Juneteenth with proclamation Town of Bluffton Mayor Larry Toomer presented a Juneteenth proclamation to Angela Douglas during the town's June 11 meeting.

Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered ...

Letters for June 26: Celebrate the end of slavery in December, not June Letter writers discuss history of Juneteenth, Holocaust exhibit in Virginia Beach and gubernatorial candidate Abigail ...

It is interesting to note that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing the end of slavery in Confederate states.

Juneteenth came and went Thursday, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual celebration: a cordial salute from the president of the United States. Well, sure, you might say at ...