Teams of dancers, a procession of Jeep Wranglers and a massive shopping cart float snaked through the streets of North County during a Juneteenth parade Monday afternoon. But Reggie Jones, Dellwood’s ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

Often called "America's second Independence Day" or "Black Independence Day," Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It is celebrated annually every June 19 and is the first ...

On June 19, 1865, word finally reached slaves living in Galveston that they were free — almost two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation. They ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — Several free-to-the-public Juneteenth events are planned in Marshall this year. Juneteenth is a celebration that marks the day, June 19, 1965, that Union soldiers arrived ...