Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

As Juneteenth is being celebrated throughout the nation, many people may not know the true meaning of this pivotal day in ...

The former president joins Galveston’s Juneteenth celebration at Reedy Chapel, honoring the site’s role in Emancipation ...

Washington — Former President Joe Biden is set to head to Galveston, Texas, on Thursday to join a Juneteenth Celebration ...

Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.

June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...

Isabella Aldrete, the Nevada Independent It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been ...

The Franklin County native was born into slavery and rose to become a prominent figure for African American education.