While Lansing’s Juneteenth flag-raising was postponed briefly on Thursday due to weather, the ceremony proceeded in sunshine and with high spirits. This was the second year the Juneteenth flag was ...

This story was originally reported by Errin Haines of The 19th. Meet Errin and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Thursday marks the first national observance under President ...

Truth, a former slave and one of history’s most noted abolitionists who spent her last years as a resident of Michigan, is still remembered by her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech in 1851. But as ...

The 32nd annual Juneteenth celebration in Lansing began Wednesday evening with a formal kick-off ceremony. Once a single-day celebration, Lansing’s Juneteenth festivities have expanded into a ...