On Jan. 1, 1863, nearly two years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which ...

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Juneteenth was made a federal holiday by President Joe Biden on June 19, 2021. Federal services may close for the holiday, ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery on January 1, 1863 but it was June 19, 1865 when General Order #3 was read aloud, declaring that “in accordance ...

From downtown's Freedom Fest to the Rock Hall's Mx. Juneteenth, multiple venues offer music, food, education and community ...

Springfield, Illinois is hosting a variety of Juneteenth events from June 12-19, including a pageant, panel discussions, and ...

Trump's crackdown on immigrants bears alarming parallels to the fugitive slave obsessions of the pre-Civil War South.

"The Underground Railroad in Metamora," a documentary highlighting local abolitionist activities, will debut June 22 at Metamora high school.

The handbill that informed slaves in Texas of their freedom was given out June 19, 1865, more than two years after President ...

"All persons held as slaves within any State or designated ... thenceforward, and forever free," Lincoln announced. The "Great Emancipator" claimed controversial war powers in making the proclamation.