Juneteenth is a federal holiday also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. It's celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ...

Juneteenth is observed on June 19 and several celebrations are scheduled to take place this weekend, including the Central ...

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

Former President Joe Biden is expected to attend the Juneteenth celebration at the historic African Methodist Episcopal ...

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

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for ...

Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...

The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...

Juneteenth has become one of the most important and symbolic celebrations in African American history in the United States.

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

Juneteenth marks the moment Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation, freeing a quarter million enslaved people in Texas in 1865. The Standard's Sean Saldana reports on how the city ...