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 ...

Several Juneteenth events took place across Los Angeles over the holiday weekend, but none was more star-studded than the celebration that took place on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl. Nearly 18,000 ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated since 1866 but wasn’t designated as a federal holiday until 2021. It celebrates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, after the end of the ...

Juneteenth is not just a day off of school and work — it's a holiday with profound historical significance. Juneteenth commemorates the day slaves in Texas learned they were free —June 19,1865, two ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas and attracting ...

Attendees smile at BYU's Juneteenth celebration. The event invited members of the community to come together in remembrance. (Rachel Ravsten) In honor of Juneteenth, BYU invited the surrounding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, introduced the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers ...