This weekend, 8-year-old Jalissa’d Sims will carry that legacy to the stage as the East Texas representative for Junior Miss Juneteenth in the state finals. “I’m excited,” Jalissa’d said.

For the talent portion of the Miss Juneteenth Texas pageant, I created and destroyed a piece entitled “Not Fragile Like ...

After Trump's Truth Social post, Biden said on X that he'd celebrated the day in Texas and that making Juneteenth a federal holiday was "one of the proudest moments of my presidency." "It's a day ...

Texas was the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday. The late Rep. Al Edwards of Houston, a Democratic congressman, wrote and sponsored a bill calling for "Emancipation Day in ...

Juneteenth, which underscores June 19, 1865, the day on which Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, two years after the end ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas. Their ...

It wasn't a celebration of history." For many African Americans, the farther away from Texas that they grew up increased the likelihood they didn't have big Juneteenth celebrations regularly.

Opal Lee, known to many as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not participate in this year’s Walk for Freedom march due to a recent hospitalization.

Houston Chronicle reporter Joy Sewing reveals her family's connection to Juneteenth and sharecropping, sharing her uncle's journey from poverty to becoming a successful bank owner.