The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is displaying a 161-year-old text that paved the way for the abolition of ...

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

The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...

America's Second Independence Day is coming soon. So, what is Juneteenth? And why is it celebrated? Here's what to know.

Order Number Three is the document Union General Gordon Granger brought to Galveston on June 19, 1865, which became known as ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated in Reno for the past 37 years despite not becoming a federal holiday until 2021 and a state ...

President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, signed The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in the Confederacy (the southern ...

Pedestrian killed on I-70 A person died Monday after being struck by a semi truck after exiting an ambulance in downstate ...

Historic bricks in Houston's Freedmen's Town— a community founded by formerly enslaved people after emancipation—were damaged ...

Columbia's 2025 Juneteenth celebration spans four weeks of events commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States on June 19, 1865.

Booker T. Washington is expanding its Juneteenth celebration to a three-day event starting June 20 in honor of the 160th ...

As Juneteenth approaches, Sacramento County and its surrounding areas are preparing to celebrate the major holiday. The significance of the holiday begins with the Emancipation ...