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June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...
President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...
The former president asked that people vote and help others register to vote at the Emancipation Service at Reedy Chapel.
Manhattan Beach held a Juneteenth ceremony on Thursday, June 19, at Bruce’s Beach Park, honoring the day the last enslaved African American people learned they’d been freed by the Emancipation ...
June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...
Five years ago, the nation recognized the first Juneteenth. It marks the day in 1965 when Union soldiers went to Galveston, ...
Corey Powell, co-chair of the Lubbock Juneteenth committee, says the freedoms fought and died for many years ago should never ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday, celebrating freedom and the end of slavery in the United ...
The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...
Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...
Music could be heard throughout the Sioux City Public Museum on Thursday during Sioux City’s NAACP Juneteenth celebration.