ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – On June 19th, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced that the last of the ...

For the first time since 1983, a new federal holiday has been created. After passing the House and Senate earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill designating Juneteenth ...

Jun. 19—In Juneteenth's fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond. Subscribe to ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — This week marked Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday in the U.S., but its roots go back more than 150 years. Even though the day has passed, the city’s largest black community is ...

Cheyenne, Wyo. - Ambreia Meadows-Fernandez, NAACP Member says she remembers, "having so many memories of my Grandfather like hyping up this day because it was significant." Meadows-Fernandez is a ...