The New Jersey Reparations Council released its report, "For Such a Time as This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey," on Juneteenth. The report details the history of systemic ...

This year marks the fourth year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while Juneteenth technically combines the words June and nineteenth, the state of New ...

Juneteenth is not only a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, but also an acknowledgement of the fight for racial justice that persists to this day. It is a time to honor the ...

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice launched the New Jersey Reparations Council to determine how to compensate Black people impacted by the legacy of slavery in the Garden State. The New ...

MINEOLA, New York (WABC) -- Democratic legislators in Nassau County have created a bill that would require the Republican-controlled county government to officially ...

Although Juneteenth was not declared a federal holiday until 2021, many states, counties, and other entities have been observing it for years. Texas was the first to declare Juneteenth a state holiday ...

Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., is celebrated annually June 19. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, enslaved people in Texas weren't freed until June ...

Part of the North to Shore Festival, the Asbury Underground returns from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday in downtown Asbury Park. Two River Theater hosts Drag Story Hour from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday in the ...

On this Juneteenth, now is the time for New Jersey to repair what it broke — the countless Black lives shortened or destroyed by a long history of racism and oppression. Black Texans waited more than ...