For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

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

Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Galveston – Thursday marks 160 years since the end to slavery in the United States or Juneteenth. The island city of ...

For many, Juneteenth is a time to reflect on the African American journey from the brutality of slavery to the resilience of ...

The former president lauded the work of Texas community leaders for their decadeslong push to make June 19th a federal ...

Thursday, June 19 marks the Juneteenth holiday, the day in 1865 when enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas learned ...

Valerie Boyer, Ohio History Connection's school and inclusive community programs coordinator, organized the Jubilee Day ...