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

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

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Biden said at the time that June 19 serves as a "day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery ...

The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...

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

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

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

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

What is Juneteenth? What is the proper way to celebrate it? Should holiday observers attend barbecues and cookouts? Should ...

The former president asked that people vote and help others register to vote at the Emancipation Service at Reedy Chapel.

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