Juneteenth 2026 falls on a Friday and is the next three-day weekend of the summer for federal employees. Here's what to know about the holiday.

Juneteenth has become much more visible in recent years, but despite what some people think, it’s not a “new” holiday at all. The history of Juneteenth stretches back more than 150 years, and the ...

In reality, the road to freedom was a yearslong process of political legislation and cultural shifts; history, however, tends to remember dramatic moments the best, especially those with such moving ...

One of about two dozen surviving original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation will go on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum for Juneteenth Independence Day. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil War reenactors participate in a Juneteenth celebration June 20, 2014, at the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Next week marks 162 years since Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved people in Union-occupied areas. While unofficial, ...

The Inkwell used by Lincoln, the Proclamation draft and Lincoln's pen. Robert Clark / Institute On July 20, 1862, John Hay, Lincoln’s private secretary, predicted in a letter that the president “will ...

January has two important anniversaries that help us understand the stakes of Black History Month. On the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation — Jan. 1, 2023 — President Biden released a ...

All are welcome to join the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) and Museum of African American History Boston I Nantucket for a free performance to celebrate freedom and honor the progress for human rights ...

Community members gathered Friday night at Fort King National Historic Landmark in Ocala to reflect on Florida’s Emancipation ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — An annual parade in downtown Charleston celebrates the historical meaning behind the first day of each year. Emancipation Day commemorates the anniversary of the Emancipation ...

A cavalcade of Black History lined the circular walk at Tallahassee's Speed/Spencer/Stephens Park near Florida A&M University ...