For more than 150 years, June 19 has been a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Communities across the ...

A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...

Juneteenth, the holiday marking the official end of slavery is celebrated annually on June 19, but became recognized as a federal holiday a few years back.

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a federal and state holiday for some. Are banks, post offices open? Here's what to know about stock market and other closings ...

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Here's some of ...

Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...

Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

The African American Advisory Board with the Jacksonville mayor’s office is holding a celebration for Juneteenth on Tuesday.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating Juneteenth with multiple events throughout this month.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and ...

“You’ve got to know your past so you can move forward in a positive way,” said Jackie Ruffin Pittman, who performed a ...