Opal Lee was 89 when she began her campaign to make the day a federal holiday. At 98. she's still an inspiration ...

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

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...

I think it would be absolutely reprehensible."People who never gave the occasion more than a passing thought may be asking ...

The St. Louis Park City Council passed a proclamation at its June 16 meeting observing Juneteenth 2025. Juneteenth is a federal holiday recognizing the day, June 19, 1865, when enslaved ...

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 ...

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom wrapped up in Fort Worth Thursday morning, but it was missing the person who started it all.

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee Day” or “Freedom Day” and gathered in homes, parks and communities to ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters Thursday amid rising tension in the Middle East between ...

Delivery of this weeks’ print edition of The Journal by the US Postal Service was delayed until Friday due to the Postal Service being closed for the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday.

Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it.” -Albert Einstein On June 17, 2021, President Joe ...