Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “We celebrate this day because we finally got the word in Texas that we were free, ...

Beaufort will host the Juneteenth Unity Parade on Sunday, closing several downtown roads and the Woods Memorial Bridge from 2 ...

Tampa Police to host Juneteenth celebration featuring local vendors, special recognitions, and community engagement.

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.

Even though Juneteenth may not be celebrated as widely this year, it's encouraging to see that Houston, which plays  an ...

Hundreds gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tyler on Saturday morning to celebrate freedom, heritage, and ...

For Juneteenth (June 19), Branch and The Roosevelt are harkening back to a time of resilience — as well as responding to ...

The Mississippi legal code recognizes 10 holidays ranging from the traditional ones like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Veterans Day.

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of the last slaves in Texas after the end of the Civil War in 1865. The holiday was ...

Drivers in Beaufort County are being asked to plan ahead when driving near the parade route on Sunday as several road ...

Juneteenth is the celebration of Black Americans who were freed from bondage in Galveston, Texas, on June 19th, 1865, 2 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate when the last known slaves were freed two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. For Ricky Sherifield, ...