Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...

Today is June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth. It’s a day rooted in cookouts, parades and festivals. Despite the tradition and spectacle, not all Americans know ...

Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to go light on commemorating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end ...

As the clock nears midnight on New Year’s Eve, many African American churches and households across the country gather not to ...

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

The Franklin County native was born into slavery and rose to become a prominent figure for African American education.

A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation ...

Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...

Lawmakers reflected on the significance of Juneteenth Wednesday, promising that Massachusetts will fight for and support ...