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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Juneteenth recognizes one of the most important moments in U.S. history commemorating the end of slave. Here's when and why ...