"It's more important than ever to gather publicly and tell our stories and lift up the Black voices through art and joy,” ...

Thursday is Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned of their ...

The Walk to the River was first initiated by Mayor Van Johnson in 2024 to commemorate the holiday, and this year turnout for ...

As she held her 8-month-old son, Khalid, Medina refocused on the history of Juneteenth including U.S. Union troops who ...

Dr. Brandon Stokes teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander the history and importance of Juneteenth Juneteenth, celebrated ...

Four singers from the Gullah islands off the coast of South Carolina are headed to Denver for a performance they will give at ...

It took a while. But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

Juneteenth became an official federal holiday starting in 2021 under former President Joe Biden to recognize the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. On June 19, 1865, Union ...

Dozens gathered outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond’s Church Hill for their 5th annual Juneteenth Celebration ...

Alexis Bradley, from Let’s Talk Sis, joined us in the studio this morning to celebrate Juneteenth’s history. On June 19th, ...

Here are a handful of ways to celebrate Juneteenth, a federal holiday that is  celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate ...