Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ...

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the Confederacy were freed in Texas. Learn about the ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

TROY — Multiple Troy students were among the winners of Oakland County’s first Juneteenth Art & Essay Contest.

Juneteenth is a celebration for all Americans because it marks a pivotal moment in the United States’ journey toward living ...

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops. The Civil War had ended on ...

The Juneteenth Youth Summit took place Saturday, June 28, at the Goose Creek Community Center. Juneteenth is a federal ...

Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to establish Houston’s Emancipation Park—a space to celebrate Juneteenth and ...

A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

While the federal Juneteenth holiday marked its fourth observance as a U.S. federal holiday, people in the Virgin Islands ...