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What is Juneteenth? What is the proper way to celebrate it? Should holiday observers attend barbecues and cookouts? Should ...
Corey Powell, co-chair of the Lubbock Juneteenth committee, says the freedoms fought and died for many years ago should never ...
June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
Juneteenth celebrations in Grand Rapids kicked off Thursday, June 19, in southeast Grand Rapids with a parade along Eastern ...
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 celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...
President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first 4 years as president, even before it was a federal holiday. He even ...
For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or cookouts.
Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous.” ...
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.
Juneteenth has long been celebrated by the African American community. The holiday dates back to June 19, 1865, marking the day the last remaining enslaved people in Texas found out they were free.
Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they ...