Black folks collectively rolled their eyes the moment Walmart blanketed its freezers with Juneteenth ice cream in 2022. Did a multinational corporation with no ties to the community really have the ...

(AP) - It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...

From neighborhood celebrations and museum exhibitions to comedy shows and movie screenings, there are lots of fun things you can do in Southern California this Juneteenth on Thursday. First, if you ...

Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...

Organizers of Saturday’s Vallejo Juneteenth festivities, a parade and festival once again celebrating the end of slavery in the United States and the resilience of black citizens worldwide, are ...

Today Boston marks Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. after the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, the Union Army reached Galveston Bay, Texas and it ...

Juneteenth celebrations happened across Milwaukee on Thursday. The city is home to one of the country's longest-running Juneteenth celebrations. New this year, Juneteenth Day festivities will extend ...

It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it's celebrated today. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It's the longest-running African American holiday, and it ...