Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it will be celebrated today throughout California and the rest of the U.S.

Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...

TIMES SQUARE, New York (WABC) -- The Broadway community is coming together to honor the Juneteenth holiday with a free concert in Times Square on Thursday. The event by the Broadway League's Black to ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH (OPELOUSAS) — While Americans only began recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021, Rebecca Henry, director of the Creole Heritage Folklife Center in Opelousas, says its ...

MOORHEAD — Rosella Lippincott, age 11, seemed right at home in a booth-turned-beauty salon during a Juneteenth celebration at Concordia College in Moorhead. She joyfully chatted with people stopping ...

A Juneteenth mural in Galveston is located at the site of the issuance of General Order No. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” between enslaved Texans and former slave owners after the Emancipation ...

Tulsa’s Juneteenth Festival is in full swing, with thousands gathering in the historic Greenwood District to celebrate Black freedom, culture and entrepreneurship. The four-day event kicked off on ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and organizers of a Saturday event on the Greenville Town Common are feting local achievements to celebrate. Beginning at 4 p.m., food ...

Civil rights advocate Shane Harris speaks to attendees at the Juneteenth flag raising event in San Diego’s Black Arts and Culture District/Courtesy of Shane Harris San Diegans celebrated Juneteenth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it's celebrated today. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United ...