The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

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

Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...

Biden said at the time that June 19 serves as a "day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery ...

Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.

June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...

The former president asked that people vote and help others register to vote at the Emancipation Service at Reedy Chapel.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

At the Juneteenth Cookout, families, adults and teenagers gathered together to celebrate the day commemorating the end of ...

Tulsa's Juneteenth Festival kicked off Thursday night and runs through Sunday. June 19 marks the day in 1865 when the last ...