"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.

Denham Springs residents, local pastors and officials, and Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John Guidry celebrated Juneteenth ...

The day is being marked amid President Donald Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the federal ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...

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But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

The former president joins Galveston’s Juneteenth celebration at Reedy Chapel, honoring the site’s role in Emancipation ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

While community members want there to be celebrations, they also want everybody to remember the meaning behind this national ...