It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

Since Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, its recognition has continued to grow in Michigan and nationally too.

Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up.

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...

A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...

"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, but organizers of this year’s celebration on the Greenville ...

Wisconsin state leaders spent the week leading up to Juneteenth recognizing the holiday and calling for the fight for freedom ...

A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Corey D ...

Late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was the driving force in establishing Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston learned they were free, as a federal holiday.

For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...