Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...

Two Democratic state representatives are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

"If we study history, we know there's always been one or two steps forward, then a push back," the legendary civil rights ...

Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, has been celebrated at the White House each June ...

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The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

It’s the nation’s newest federal holiday — and one of Somerset’s newest summertime traditions. The Lake Cumberland Juneteenth Jubilee will be held Saturday, June 21, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Lake ...

Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...

Before Juneteenth fades away in the rearview mirror, as yet another Republican president recklessly drives us toward yet ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all ...

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