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 ...

CU Boulder will close on Thursday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth National Independence Day. Juneteenth marks the historic date when the Union Army arrived in Texas in 1865 to proclaim ...

Juneteenth is not just a day off of school and work — it's a holiday with profound historical significance. Juneteenth commemorates the day slaves in Texas learned they were free —June 19,1865, two ...

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The Northcott Neighborhood House presented its Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant. The event aims to "showcase the best of the city's African American youth." Milwaukee is home to the nation's ...

The holiday commemorates the full and complete enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation in the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation to free enslaved African Americans in ...

Robin Scott, executive director and founder of the We All Rise: African American Resource Center, started choking up at the microphone while thanking everyone who made possible this year's Juneteenth ...

What Jamal Williams remembers from Plano’s Juneteenth celebration three years ago isn’t just its record attendance — the organizer and former alderman said about 1,100 people showed up. Between the ...

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 ...