Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

In response to Donald Trump's order banning DEI initiatives, the DIA has paused special event programs and related events, ...

Eric Benét, Fabolous, Buffalo Nichols and Shonn Hinton have been added to the lineup for the festival's first official ...

“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.

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 ...

"She's been making things happen her whole life. She's just an extraordinary person in just every way," TCU Professor James ...

Plano, Illinois recognized Juneteenth as a holiday in February 2021. That same year, it became a state and federal holiday. However, event organizers announced on social media that the 2025 ...

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 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling ...

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 ...