For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

Washington — Former President Joe Biden criticized "ongoing efforts to erase history" during a Juneteenth Celebration Service at a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas — and ...

Valerie Boyer, Ohio History Connection's school and inclusive community programs coordinator, organized the Jubilee Day Festival at the Ohio History Center. The festival featured interactive ...

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ...

Juneteenth is the longest-running African American holiday, and it became a federal holiday a few years ago. Here's what's open and closed Thursday.

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

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. Learn ...

GALVESTON, Texas — As a blazing sun rises over Galveston Island on the Texas coast, Sam Collins stands on the spot where history happened 157 years ago. “The birthplace of Juneteenth is here ...

Juneteenth, which commemorates the legacy of emancipation, means that many government offices are to close amid celebrations.

Grilled meats, watermelon, and hibiscus are often served on the holiday not only to bring communities together, but to honor Black history.

The red, black and green African Liberation Flag, also known as the Pan-African flag, has historically been displayed at both Black History Month and Juneteenth celebrations.

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's history and meaning.