President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

My heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much,” said state Sen. John Lovick.

Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.

The Blacks in Technology of Southwest Virginia put together a Juneteenth Celebration: A Day of Independence and Unity at the ...

Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...

Opal Lee was 89 when she began her campaign to make the day a federal holiday. At 98. she's still an inspiration ...

Lafayette joined cities across the nation in celebrating Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

It’s Juneteenth, and celebrations are underway across Southern Colorado. On June 19 in 1865, some of the last slaves finally learned about the Emancipation Proclamation.

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

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