June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

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

Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...

The party, hosted by the Albany Black Chamber of Commerce and Albany Community Land Trust, honored the 1865 anniversary of ...

Opal Lee was 89 when she began her campaign to make the day a federal holiday. At 98. she's still an inspiration ...

My heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much,” said state Sen. John Lovick.

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

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

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

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 ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

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