The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will consider this week whether to make Juneteenth an official paid holiday for ...

Fort Worth City Council approves land National Juneteenth Museum previously given to Southside Community Center, operations ...

Is Juneteenth a national holiday? Yes. Juneteenth is a federal holiday and has been since 2021. When is Juneteenth 2024?

Opal Lee, Juneteenth's "Grandmother," was honored with the Kay Bailey Hutchison Women of Texas History Award in Houston, Texas, for her efforts to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Rick Rehm, R-Abbeville. Juneteenth, or June 19, commemorates the day upon which Black slaves learned of their emancipation in 1865. Former President Joe Biden signed a bill in 2021 recognizing ...

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 ...

Juneteenth quotes celebrate freedom, resilience, and the fight for equality in the United States. Discover powerful words ...

1865—the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. were freed in Texas. Thanks to advocates like Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Get top local stories in ...

The award comes just months before the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth. It was back on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers landed in Galveston, freeing a quarter million enslaved people in Texas.

Nonprofit organization Summerville Juneteenth is releasing a new book titled "African Americans on Tour: History, People, and ...

Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19, recognizing the end of slavery in the United States. According to the National Museum of African American History & Culture, enslaved African Americans in Texas ...