Celebrated each year on June 19, Juneteenth commemorates the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were informed ...

Samuel Osborne and his family, who became beloved members of the Waterville community in the late 19th century, were honored ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered ...

The Franklin County native was born into slavery and rose to become a prominent figure for African American education.