Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, spoke at a Juneteenth celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, emphasizing the ongoing struggle for racial equality. Montgomery held multiple ...

Denham Springs residents and a handful of elected officials sang gospel songs and bowed their heads in prayer June 19 in the historic L.M. Lockhart Park Gym to commemorate the ending of slavery in the ...

People of all backgrounds celebrated Juneteenth, a fairly new holiday signed into law in June 2021. “And just the long way that we’ve come to get to this point and be able to celebrate,” says ...

One hundred sixty years ago today, Union General Gordon Granger delivered an announcement in Galveston, Texas, that changed American history. It began, the people are informed that in accordance with ...

CHARLOTTE — Local nonprofit For the Struggle and The Gantt Center team up to honor the rich history and legacy along the Beatties Ford corridor. Almost 40 years ago, Beatties Ford Road was buzzing for ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Juneteenth and Jazz Community Celebration will be held at the Eiteljorg Museum on Saturday. Organizers say people can go to the commemoration for free and enjoy jazz ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — On June 19, people around the nation celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the emancipation of the final group of enslaved Americans. In the Spa City on Thursday, the community ...

Celebrations all over Los Angeles County marked Juneteenth and they all shared one thing in common: A rich sense of history. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger reading ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- Former President Joe Biden delivered a message of unity Thursday night during a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas.

As Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, introduced the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers on June 19 to celebrate Juneteenth, he acknowledged the failures of ...