He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...
They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ‘June’ and ‘nineteenth’ together, and has been celebrated every year by African-American people to ...
Are banks open on Juneteenth in 2024? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The answer is no ...
Laughter, music, food and learning are all on the table for the upcoming Juneteenth events around Minneapolis. Juneteenth celebrates the day when more than 250,000 slaves were freed on June 19, 1865, ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth's Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," has written an open letter to President Donald Trump, inviting him to participate in upcoming Juneteenth ...
Shanika Kraybill, Abena Moye, Ashanti Jenkins and other African Dancers with Imani Edutainers rehearse for the upcoming Juneteenth Celebration at the Ware Center on Saturday on Sunday, June 12 ...
“Our handpicked lineup of titles includes both fiction and non ... Las Vegas City Hall will display a virtual representation of the Juneteenth flag nightly from June 15 to June 19.