Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

The African American Advisory Board with the Jacksonville mayor’s office is holding a celebration for Juneteenth on Tuesday.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating Juneteenth with multiple events throughout this month.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and ...

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day, celebrates Black freedom ...

“You’ve got to know your past so you can move forward in a positive way,” said Jackie Ruffin Pittman, who performed a ...

For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers about Juneteenth and several Juneteenth events in Atlanta.

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

It is Juneteenth week! The holiday recognizes the summer day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and ...

Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal ...