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Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...
Though the Trump administration has been removing content on African American history from federal websites, Juneteenth ...
The Juneteenth Festival will then begin at at the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem from 12:30pm-8:00pm. There will be ...
A groundbreaking is scheduled in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. The Juneteenth ...
U.S. stock markets will be closed on Thursday to observe Juneteenth after the NYSE and Nasdaq adopted the day as a new market ...
Opinion
Celebrate freedom
On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were free.
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Juneteeth 2025
Who put Juneteenth so close to Flag Day? It's almost as if the flag of the United States was meant to wave over all people longing to be Free At Last, Free At Last. Why should all the fireworks be ...