President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Juneteenth National Independence Day program at Marietta College. Living Historian Michael Crutcher will bring ...

President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Juneteenth National Independence Day ...

Songs of Liberation” will include traditional Black spirituals civil rights songs and more modern protest songs.

Juneteenth, a holiday that was mostly celebrated by Black families in the South, commemorates the end of slavery in the ...

The name, from the 19th Century, is a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth,” celebrated on June 19. It refers to that day in 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to ...

On Jan. 1, 1863, nearly two years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which ...

Grammy Award-nominated producer and artist Glenn Jones will be the headliner at Erie's Juneteenth Celebration in Perry Square ...

Richmond Heights announced it will be hosting its Juneteenth celebration at Greenwood Farm park, 264 Richmond Road, on June ...

Jack and Betty, the first two enslaved people believed to have resided in New Paltz, will be honored with new Witness Stones ...

San Marcos, CA Two San Marcos residents will host its inaugural Juneteenth celebration on Wednesday, June 19, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM on the campus of California State University San Marcos ...

A community celebration of Juneteenth, a national holiday that marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and ...

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