Juneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved people in ...

Dublin will host a Juneteenth Celebration featuring Kalimba, an Earth, Wind and Fire tribute band, as part of its Summer Concert Series at Emerald Green Park, 4201 Central Parkway, from ...

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 ...

The city of Willmar will be celebrating Juneteenth during the Willmar Fests Block Party. Juneteenth is a federal holiday honoring African American freedom and culture. The city of Willmar is joining ...

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 ...

Ithaca is set to hold its annual Juneteenth celebration hosted by the Southside Community Center, featuring a variety of ...