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

The Juneteenth proclamation said that slaves were free from bondage, but were not going to be allowed to leave their owners.

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

Juneteenth celebrates the fall of slavery in the U.S. At the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, visitors heard from ...

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

Today is Juneneenth, a celebration commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States. WesternSlopeNow sat down ...

Before freedom rang for enslaved people in the 1800s, their journey brought many of them to Lake Erie's shores. Now, the lake ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

One local city is finally starting their own Juneteenth celebrations. Juneteenth began all the way back on June 19, 1865, ...

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

BREWER, Maine (WABI) - A Juneteenth Celebration was held in Brewer Thursday. Remarks were given at Brewer’s Chamberlain ...