Americans celebrate the emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas, while July 4th is a celebration of American independence, ...

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to go light on commemorating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

The day now known as Juneteenth was formally recognized as a national holiday in 2021, due in large part to the activism of ...

Google marked Juneteenth Thursday with a Google Doodle crafted to represent both African American heritage and culture, and ...

The National Weather Service indicates a 15-25% chance for thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, which could produce ...

It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...

Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history’s darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...

On Thursday, the United States government is pausing its ongoing transformation into the sharp instrument of Donald Trump ’s ...