Sikeston’s Juneteenth Fest runs Thursday, June 19, through Saturday, June 21, featuring gospel concerts, a formal ball, a car ...

Sibil 'Fox' Richardson and Robert 'Rob' Richardson discuss their Oscar-nominated documentary 'TIME' and the launch of 'TIME ...

Since 1863, West Virginians have celebrated June 20 as independence day for the state and its people. West Virginia broke free of a Commonwealth of Virginia government that spent decades prioritizing ...

The state's contribution brings the Juneteenth museum's funds to $50 million — more than two-thirds of its $70 million goal.

This year’s Juneteenth comes at a time when the president is turning back or eliminating historical references to specific ...

Despite existing for 160 years, Juneteenth is relatively new to Portland. In fact, this year marks the 80th anniversary of ...

The proclamation welcomes city residents to participate in events organized by the NAACP throughout the month and aims to ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, commemorates when the news of slavery's abolition finally reached Texas. Enslaved people in Texas learned they were free two and a half years after the ...

Now in its 159th year of celebration, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, commemorates the day some of the last enslaved people in Texas were freed. Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger ...

and Miss Juneteenth Texas, Madison Swain, on his “Freedom Walk Tour,” which highlights the sites where the orders of freedom were read. Higgins and Swain are both college students who won ...

Once the Emancipation Proclamation laid its roots in Texas, those freed from slavery declared the day of its arrival "Juneteenth" in homage to the date when it finally happened. Although the ...