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In honor of its 163rd birthday, Union Pacific Railroad is unveiling a new commemorative locomotive in the hometown of its ...
The party, hosted by the Albany Black Chamber of Commerce and Albany Community Land Trust, honored the 1865 anniversary of ...
With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.
A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...
At Brown Sugar Bounce's block party, South House, and other festivities throughout the weekend, style lovers hit the streets.
Among the Lincoln Brigade members were 90 Black soldiers. Back home they’d faced a revitalized Ku Klux Klan, dehumanizing Jim Crow laws, and the harshest impact of the Great Depression.
From celebrating local Black-owned businesses to activations during NWSL games, the BWPC is committed to league-wide celebrations of Juneteenth.
Since Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, its recognition has continued to grow in Michigan and nationally too.
Juneteenth’ s origins stretch back 160 years, to June 19, 1865 — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed ...
It just reminds us of freedom that was not given to all at once, but fought for over time with courage, with determination ...
Juneteenth, which Biden designated as a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday is ...