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

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 ...

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." ...

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

Food and cooking play a big role in Juneteenth celebrations. The barbecues and fish fries woven into Black culture helped ...

Wisconsin state leaders spent the week leading up to Juneteenth recognizing the holiday and calling for the fight for freedom ...

A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Corey D ...

Late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was the driving force in establishing Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston learned they were free, as a federal holiday.

Michigan is celebrating Juneteenth Thursday, June 19. Here's a look at what's open and closed on the federal holiday.