SAN DIEGO — Juneteenth, a holiday that was mostly celebrated by Black families in the South, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865, which came two years after the ...

Civil rights advocate Shane Harris speaks to attendees at the Juneteenth flag raising event in San Diego’s Black Arts and Culture District/Courtesy of Shane Harris San Diegans celebrated Juneteenth ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — This week, Americans will be celebrating Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the day when the last enslaved people in the U.S. were freed. The occasion had been celebrated ...

Sidney Cooper Sr. was known as the “Mayor of Imperial Avenue.” He was also known as chief organizer of San Diego’s Juneteenth Celebration. Until his passing in 2002, Cooper Sr. held the event behind ...

The Juneteenth flag is raised at the County Administration Building on Friday. (File image from county video) San Diego County will celebrate Juneteenth today, with city and county offices shuttered ...

In the face of federal funding cuts, a scaled-back celebration still brought San Diegans together to celebrate Juneteenth, honoring the day with music, history and community. The annual, free event, ...

In 2021, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe Biden ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — This Saturday, Waterfront Park will be packed with people, food and music for an early celebration of Juneteenth. For organizers, it's not too early to celebrate the history of ...

The late activist, scholar, and filmmaker Marlon T. Riggs wanted to bury the silence and exhume the voice, especially when it came to conversations and stories about Black people, and specifically ...

A San Diego family who served as a long-time pillar of the Black community starting in 1960s is suing a local cemetery for allegedly losing their father’s remains after he died 20 years ago. The ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Authorities asked for the public's help Wednesday in identifying the suspect in the unsolved murder of a 20-year-old man during a Juneteenth event in San Diego two years ago.