Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops. The Civil War had ended on ...

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week.. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

Every June 19, the Broadway League has a tremendous program as part of its Black to Broadway initiative called “Broadway ...

Juneteenth honors June 19, ... President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate-held territories free.

Juneteenth, short for "June Nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and enforce the emancipation of all enslaved people.

Juneteenth is another Freedom Day, commemorating June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved Black people were told they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, enacted more than two years earlier.

Fort Worth-based artist Tatyana Alanis’ latest collaboration is deeply personal. Alanis, who moved to Texas in 2009, is known ...

While the federal Juneteenth holiday marked its fourth observance as a U.S. federal holiday, people in the Virgin Islands ...

The Juneteenth holiday was celebrated twice over this past week in the city of Franklin via nonprofit Amun Ra Inc.’s third ...

Juneteenth: A Freedom Celebration” took place June 28 at Liberty Park in Renton — complete with face painting, live ...

Fairfax City’s Juneteenth celebration, held June 14 in Old Town Square, included food and crafts vendors, children’s ...