On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

It’s been 50 years since 1963’s March on Washington (itself timed to the Emancipation Proclamation’s centennial) featuring Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Over the next five years, ...

juneteenth is an opportunity I think, to celebrate commemorate and reflect on black Independence in the United States and turn them loose on 19 June. That's why, you know, you celebrate that deep ...

For Juneteenth on Morning Edition, professor Nathan Connolly reflects on the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation, and NPR staff voice the document in its entirety. Today, the country observes ...

Just seven years after they learned of their liberation, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans banded together in 1872 to purchase Emancipation Park in Houston. The 10-acre park was meant to serve ...

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington, D.C., freeing more than 3,000 people. It was a joyful day in the midst of the Civil War that came after decades of effort ...

Today, the federal government observes Juneteenth. The holiday marks the arrival of U.S. Army troops in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. The troops told some of the last enslaved Americans that ...