It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up.

Lee's annual 2.5-mile walk acknowledges the two and a half years it took for news of freedom to reach those enslaved in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Over the decades, the celebrations that ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated ...

A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...

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

With hurricane season well underway, it’s always important to check that beach conditions are safe before you go.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, but organizers of this year’s celebration on the Greenville ...