CANTON ‒ Staff at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum celebrated Juneteenth with a craft project that featured a Juneteenth flag. Tameka Ellington, curator of black history, led ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free. Most federal offices, banks, and post offices will be closed on Juneteenth; retail hours may ...

For Lolita Davis Carter, the cultural changes brought on by President Donald Trump’s executive orders on diversity have resulted in fear and confusion across her community – but they have also ...

It's the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Juneteenth was officially made a national holiday. and just in time for Saturday's 156th anniversary of the day that ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Several events and ceremonies are planned across Middle Tennessee to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. The U.S. will observe Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19. The origin of ...

A historic Black family is getting recognition in Simsbury this Juneteenth. In the 1770s, a man named Peter Jackson was brought to Simsbury from Barbados during a slave trade. He married Esther ...

Is Juneteenth observed in Delaware? Yes. Juneteenth is one of 13 legal holidays observed by the First State. Juneteenth will soon be kicking off across Delaware. From parades and festivals to ...