In Juneteenth’s fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.

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Two genealogy sites are adding troves of historical materials about enslaved people in the U.S. to databases, which could ...

America's Second Independence Day is today. So, what is Juneteenth? And why is it celebrated? Here's what to know.

The annual Juneteenth celebration is returning to Staunton this weekend. Juneteenth itself is June 19 every year, but the ...

What is Juneteenth? What is the proper way to celebrate it? Should Juneteenth’s observance be a day of learning? Is there a ...

This year marks the fourth year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while Juneteenth technically combines the words June and nineteenth, the state of New ...

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

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were free.

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

Claims that no progress on racial equity has been made in the eight decades since Opal Lee graduated from I.M. Terrell are ...

There are several events planned in the Sacramento area this week in celebration of Juneteenth, which is also known as ...