In 2021, then-president Joe Biden signed a bill that made Juneteenth an official federal holiday. This historic legislation ...

She was at the forefront of a movement to make Juneteenth a national holiday. For years, she convened marches of ...

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Several events through the weekend are planned to celebrate the holiday Thursday. We look back at its history here.

The holiday, often called America's second Independence Day, marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas.

Thursday, June 19, 2025, marks the annual federal holiday of Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the ...

It marks the date in 1865 when — two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation (on September 22, 1862, to go into effect in January 1863) — and two months ...

To Kathy Brooks, president of the Frederick County alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the essence of ...

June 19th is also known as Independence Day or Freedom Day. It is an American holiday that commemorates the announcement of ...

Sept. 22 in Southwestern Ohio, the date when President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 Eighth of August , mostly celebrated in East Tennessee ...

Councilman Curren Price led Wednesday’s presentation. Five years ago, he led efforts to establish Juneteenth as an official ...