SAN FRANCISCO -- Juneteenth was the day that the news that slavery had ended finally reached people in Texas. It's a conversation that until recently many families haven't had with their children. In ...

Juneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King ...

Juneteenth, which is short for "June Nineteenth", celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is also known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day," honors the day in 1865 ...

From neighborhood celebrations and museum exhibitions to comedy shows and movie screenings, there are lots of fun things you can do in Southern California this Juneteenth on Thursday. First, if you ...

Looking for the best things to do in Chicago this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list! June is bursting with Juneteenth and Pride events all over the city ...

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 19. It will feature art, music, performances and more family-friendly fun. Other WRAL Top Stories Admission is free for all outdoor events, ...

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson.

Events to mark Juneteenth will be held across the Inland Empire in the coming days. The federal holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned of ...

As more and more people celebrate the holiday, some Black Americans are beginning to personalize the traditional menu. Lana Lagomarsini hosts a cookout in Brooklyn for Juneteenth with two other ...