The Autry has a special exhibition celebrating Black Women athletes; the Linden restaurant has a special menu, and Venice is hosting a community picnic ...

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that ...

REDDING, Calif. — Juneteenth is being recognized with a celebration in downtown Redding on Thursday.

In the past, the play has been shown through staged readings and rehearsals, but Juneteenth in Bakersfield will be the first ...

While the 4th of July marked the independence of some during the early stages of the country’s history, many were excluded ...

It took a while. But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday ...

June 19th marks the federal and state holiday Juneteenth, which commemorates the day back in 1865 when the final slaves in Galveston learned about their freedom. The notice came years after the ...

As she held her 8-month-old son, Khalid, Medina refocused on the history of Juneteenth including U.S. Union troops who ...

The hard-won freedom of enslaved people and the enduring progress of the African American community will be celebrated across the nation on Juneteenth –  the oldest known celebration commemorating the ...

Galveston marked Juneteenth with the annual reading of General Order No. 3 at Ashton Villa, commemorating the day enslaved Texans were declared free.

Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...