With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas.

The production’s latest casting represents the first time two Black actors have starred as the leads in “Cabaret.” ...

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 that enslaved African Americans, isolated in Texas, learned they had been freed. Some ...

As Kentucky commemorates Juneteenth, two local landmarks are being recognized as part of a new effort to spotlight Black history across the state.

Juneteenth has long been celebrated by the African American community. The holiday dates back to June 19, 1865, marking the day the last remaining enslaved people in Texas found out they were free.

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

Multiple events took place across Columbia on Thursday to celebrate Juneteenth, which is considered the longest-running ...

The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

Juneteenth is a day of celebration for Americans, and a time to recall the end of chattel slavery on June 19, 1865.

This Juneteenth, neighbors in Tallahassee’s Betton Hills join historians and community leaders to honor the lives buried in a ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...