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With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...
The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...
Juneteenth​, now recognized as a federal holiday, is more than a day off; it's an important reminder of freedom delayed but ...
Thousands of Seattleites celebrated Juneteenth and lifted up community at events and festivals Thursday, even as national ...
Congratulations are pouring in for legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his longtime wife, Amy Earnhardt. It's been ...
“And just the long way that we’ve come to get to this point and be able to celebrate,” says Jacqueline Farmer. The third ...
It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...
The collaboration between the Willamette Heritage Center and Oregon Black Pioneers highlights families who shaped local ...
Valerie Boyer, Ohio History Connection's school and inclusive community programs coordinator, organized the Jubilee Day ...
Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...