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Juneteenth celebrations were held around the capital city on Thursday including a fireside chat with journalist, author and political commentator Roland Martin.
Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...
The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...
On Juneteenth, President Donald Trump took to social media to criticize non-working holidays and claimed that people want to work them.
Many in the Natchez community gathered at Concord Quarters on Friday, honoring the emancipation of enslaved African Americans ...
Founded in 1976, the Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo is one of the nation's longest-running and most attended festivals.
On June 19, people around the nation celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the emancipation of the final group of enslaved ...
About 300 people gathered Thursday in Buckley Park to participate in Durango’s annual Juneteenth celebration, hosted by the ...
President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, ...
Learn about the history behind Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday that honors the end of slavery in the ...
Outer Banks Voice With an audience of approximately 150 gathered to celebrate the fifth annual Juneteenth celebration at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum in Manteo, the day was one ...
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History celebrates Juneteenth highlighting the oral histories of descendants of ...