Yes, this might be a little on the nose for Mother’s Day movies, but there’s nothing wrong with ... Memorable quote: “I’m ...

From Galveston to the Guggenheim, Black communities are gathering in joy—even as DEI gains, Black history and hard-won ...

The New York Stock Exchange is closed for business on Juneteenth in observance of the federal holiday. Juneteenth National Independence Day, recognized as a federal holiday ...

The observances on Thursday come even as the Trump administration has been removing content about African American history from federal websites.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

The Warren County Emancipation Proclamation Committee will host its second Community Juneteenth Celebration from 11 a.m.-3 ...

June 19, 1865, about 2,000 Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas to announce the freedom of the remaining enslaved people, 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Juneteenth ...

Juneteenth is now a federal and state holiday, although Tallahassee has its own holiday on May 20th to honor the day the ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence ...

Americans celebrate the emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas, while July 4th is a celebration of American independence, ...

The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance of Juneteenth, which is celebrated to commemorate the end of slavery in the ...