For the first Juneteenth since her passing, Houstonians will gather to honor the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee—the ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...

Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...

Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...

The celebrations come as President Donald Trump’s administration has worked to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

What happens to a holiday when its most beloved champion cannot join the celebration? On Thursday, hundreds still showed up ...

Opal Lee was 89 when she began her campaign to make the day a federal holiday. At 98. she's still an inspiration ...

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

Those who showed up for the 2.5 mile walk representing the 2.5 years it took for news of freedom to reach slaves in Texas, ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Thursday, June 19th, is Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the day when the last enslaved Americans were finally freed ...