The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...

Explore why the Confederates lost the American Civil War despite achieving several big military victories in 1862. Dive into ...

They say the older you get, you either become someone who smokes meat or someone who gets into the Civil War. Well, I feel ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and ...

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

The Trump administration is skirting a federal law by finding new namesakes for the bases with the same last names as ...

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

Each June, communities across the United States gather to celebrate Juneteenth, a blend of "June" and "nineteenth”, as the ...

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

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...