The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...

Short for “June Nineteenth,” the holiday marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the ...

Juneteenth has long been recognized and celebrated, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. But it didn't become a ...

The founder of the Black Archives of Mid-America brought Juneteenth to Kansas City in 1980. This year's celebrations include ...

Memphis festival aims to celebrate June 19, 1865, when enslaved Texans learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.