For more than 150 years, June 19 has been a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Communities across the ...

Despite the uphill battle to pass federal reparations bills for African Americans, some lawmakers continue to reintroduce the ...

A new exhibit at President George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon will open to the public on Juneteenth, and it explores ...

The Gateway to Freedom sculpture depicts fleeing slaves looking toward Windsor – and their liberation, celebrated by your ...

The complete freeing of slaves in the United States didn’t happen when many think it did. Juneteenth will help Americans ...

Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that slaves would be freed in ...

In this excerpt from Letter IX of John Rankin’s Letters on American Slavery, Rankin argues that slavery is incompatible with ...

Juneteenth, marked each year on June 19, commemorates one of the final acts of emancipation of slaves in the U.S.