See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Juneteenth, occurring annually on June 19, is now a federal holiday, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Thursday June 19 marks Juneteenth, a federal holiday that means many ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is offering free rides all day, system-wide, for Juneteenth. Juneteenth is the oldest known annual holiday marking the end of ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.The ...

As Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, introduced the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers on June 19 to celebrate Juneteenth, he acknowledged the failures of ...

Lazayeus Bartley will be charged with two counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding with injuries. Read full article: Man who plowed truck into crowd at Palatka ...

Juneteenth celebrations happened across Milwaukee on Thursday. The city is home to one of the country's longest-running Juneteenth celebrations. New this year, Juneteenth Day festivities will extend ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - It’s less than a week away from the annual Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and Music Festival! The parade goes through downtown and ends at Piedmont Park. Juneteenth — on ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will offer free rides all day, system-wide, for Juneteenth. Juneteenth is the oldest known annual holiday marking the end of ...

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, spoke at a Juneteenth celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, emphasizing the ongoing struggle for racial equality. Montgomery held multiple ...