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

Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.

Legal minds will have their opportunity to shape the future policies of our land, and I pray they have the grace and wisdom ...

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

After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment ended slavery ... The three amendments of the Reconstruction era radically transformed American life and the role of the federal government.

However, if one hears the phrase "the Civil War," most would immediately associate it with the American Civil War ... abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment. However, the devastating ...

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

It took the creation of the Emancipation Proclamation, the end of the Civil War, and the passage of the 13th Amendment to finally end slavery throughout the nation.” Other reconstruction ...

Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...

As a lawsuit tries to stop a forced prison labor program, a beer distributor is defending its own participation.

Here are a handful of ways to celebrate Juneteenth, a federal holiday that is  celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate ...

Juneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country's second Independence Day—stands as an enduring symbol of Black American ... only when the 13th Amendment was ratified ...