June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

Juneteenth is now a federal and state holiday, although Tallahassee has its own holiday on May 20th to honor the day the ...

Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...

Spontaneous Juneteenth celebrations emerged almost immediately. Celebrants referred to the day as “Emancipation Day,” “Freedom Day,” “Juneteenth” and “ Jubilee Day .” The latter title alluded to the ...

Today is June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth. It’s a day rooted in cookouts, parades and festivals. Despite the tradition and spectacle, not all Americans know ...

As the clock nears midnight on New Year’s Eve, many African American churches and households across the country gather not to ...

While some states have acknowledged Juneteenth in symbolic ways or through commemorative events, others have chosen to mark ...

Delivery of this weeks’ print edition of The Journal by the US Postal Service was delayed until Friday due to the Postal Service being closed for the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday.

The importance of voting in New York City's mayoral primary was front and center at a Juneteenth celebration in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday. The federal holiday marks the day in 1865 that enslaved ...

June 19, 1865, about 2,000 Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas to announce the freedom of the remaining enslaved people, 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Juneteenth ...