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One hundred sixty years after word reached Galveston, Texas, that enslaved African Americans were now free, the city is ...
On Thursday, the United States government is pausing its ongoing transformation into the sharp instrument of Donald Trump ’s ...
In Juneteenth’s fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.
We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom more than two years after the ...
Let Marylanders be at the forefront of a growing movement to recognize the end of slavery and work toward a better, more ...
Americans after comparing Black American experiences to life under Iran's theocratic regime during heated exchange on 'The ...
Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to go light on commemorating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end of slavery.
It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...
Juneteenth is a significant day for African Americans, especially in Texas, even before it became a federal holiday. There's a lot of work that goes into getting a holiday federally observed, and much ...
"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...
For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers: ...
Clifford Brown Jazz Fest in Del., Fishtown Beer Fest in Philly and Food Truck & Music Fest in South Jersey are among weekend ...