The church, located at 2013 Broadway, was built in 1863, although slaves began worshipping on the property in 1848. In June ...

Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...

Texas native Wesley Johnson Sr. donned his signature white Stetson cowboy hat and rode his white stallion through city ...

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

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

GALVESTON, Texas - FOX 26 has learned former President Joe Biden is coming to Galveston as part of Juneteenth. According to ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth, her granddaughter said.

Juneteenth marks a pivotal part of our nation's history. For one family, it's also a time to reflect on their past: the ...

Just 50 miles from Galveston Island, two community leaders are carrying the torch of freedom through affordable housing, ...

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

Major General Gordon Granger of the Union army traveled to Galveston Texas after the Civil War was won with General Order Number 3, which informed enslaved African Americans that they were finally ...