Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, hugs Dione Sims, the granddaughter of Opal Lee, following ...

What happens to a holiday when its most beloved champion cannot join the celebration? On Thursday, hundreds still showed up ...

Here's a look back at the history of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and ...

Since its start in 2016, Opal’s Walk for Freedom has drawn a bigger crowd each year. “It used to start and march down Evans ...

More than 150 years after John Conna broke free of slavery in Texas and made his way to the Pacific Northwest, some of his ...

Discover the renaming of Alderbrook Park to Conna Park for this year’s Juneteenth National Holiday in Federal Way.

Fort Worth is honoring Juneteenth today with its annual Freedom Walk - a 2.5‑mile trek beginning at 9 a.m. at Farrington Field that symbolizes the 2½ years it took for news of emancipation to reach ...

Dr. Mary Walker will continue to be honored at the fort that bares her name, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to ...