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The event will be held at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in ...
The 5th annual celebration of Juneteenth will be hosted at Broadway Square in downtown Ashland from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2025.
Isabella Aldrete, the Nevada Independent It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been ...
Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...
Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...
Black Texans and African Americans worldwide have been celebrating Juneteenth.It was 159 years ago that almost 2,000 Union ...
Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the ...
The former president joins Galveston’s Juneteenth celebration at Reedy Chapel, honoring the site’s role in Emancipation ...
For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or cookouts.
Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they worry about Trump’s anti-DEI measures.
As Juneteenth is being celebrated throughout the nation, many people may not know the true meaning of this pivotal day in ...