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June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...
Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...
The former president asked that people vote and help others register to vote at the Emancipation Service at Reedy Chapel.
Tulsa's Juneteenth Festival kicked off Thursday night and runs through Sunday. June 19 marks the day in 1865 when the last ...
The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...
June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...
Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.
Rev. Al Sharpton and filmmaker Spike Lee marked the holiday by speaking out about racial injustice, immigration reforms, and ...
President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...
Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...