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Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia, Democratic lawmakers urged their colleagues and Gov. Patrick Morrisey to ...
President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of “non-working holidays” in the United States.“Too ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Juneteenth block party kicked off at the Waikiki Shell on Thursday at 3 p.m. The free event was ...
Festivities began Thursday with a vibrant parade through downtown Flint, featuring drummers, dancers, and dozens of community organizations. That energy carried into the evening with an Afrobeats ...
The event will be held at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in ...
Salem hosted its second annual Juneteenth Jam Festival Thursday at Charlotte Forten Park to celebrate the federal holiday.
June 19, 1865, marked the end of slavery in the United States, and today, 160 years later, the Wichita Falls community and beyond came together to celebrate Juneteenth.
Juneteenth 2025 marks 160 years since the last enslaved people were freed from Galveston, two years after the Emancipation ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday, celebrating freedom and the end of slavery in the United ...
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Celebrations for Juneteenth 2025 in Lawton kicked off with a prayer breakfast and proclamation signing. This was followed by a panel discussion at the Union Baptist Church that ...
Juneteenth is a day of celebration for all Americans. Panelists shared that message with community members Thursday at the ...
Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in 1865, when Galveston, Texas, received news that the Civil War ...