Key Fletcher, director of Mosaic Templars, told a crowd inside the museum’s ballroom that the museum, which is part of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, is partnering with the ...

Long Beach’s waterfront Juneteenth celebration, which has drawn thousands to celebrate Black culture and heritage for the ...

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 — ...

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...

Dr. Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth," tirelessly championed the recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday, urging ...

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 ...

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

The federal holiday of Juneteenth falls on Thursday and will mean a number of closures for certain businesses. The annual holiday falls on June 19 and was first designated a holiday in 2021 by ...

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