Celebrating freedom, community, education & achievement. William & Mary is joining communities around the country to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United ...

When troops finally arrived to signal freedom to the state’s 250,000 slaves, celebrations broke out and Juneteenth was born! Read! Learn! Listen! Cook and Create! There are so many ways to learn and ...

Then there's Christmas, then Easter, then Juneteenth. We lived about 25 minutes from Mexia, Texas — and for years, they had one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations ... a lot of work inside ...

In 2021, it became a federal holiday. William & Mary’s inaugural Juneteenth celebration was held virtually in 2021. A committee of community members, faculty, staff and students chaired by Chief ...

Gen. Gordon Granger, this informed the people of Texas that all slaves were free. Juneteenth is the celebration of this order, with Black communities marking the occasion for decades before it ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Juneteenth, celebrated in June across Arkansas and the nation, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Originating in Texas in 1865 when the Union ...