June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.

The event will be held at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in ...

Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...

President Donald Trump will not commemorate Juneteenth, despite previously taking credit for the relatively new federal ...

Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

Juneteenth is often described as the day “slavery ended in Texas,” but the truth behind it tells a deeper, more sobering story - one that includes deception, delay, and a hard-won arrival of justice.

June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...

The former president joins Galveston’s Juneteenth celebration at Reedy Chapel, honoring the site’s role in Emancipation ...

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

Texas Southern University and the Houston-based law firm, Roberts Markland, announced a new partnership. The partnership will conduct a study of the legal and economic impacts due ...