Biden said at the time that June 19 serves as a "day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery took on the country, and continues to take." Juneteenth b

As the nation celebrates the emancipation of African Americans, a local museum is celebrating an anniversary. Two years ago, the Historical Institute of Culture & the African American Experience held its first public showing.

President Donald Trump will not commemorate Juneteenth, despite previously taking credit for the relatively new federal holiday’s popularity. “I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday.