The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863, but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, that slavery was officially abolished in Texas, marking the official end of ...

Thursday was so successful that the Anacostia Renaissance Kollective will host this event for the community every month.

President Donald Trump did not issue any official statement on Juneteenth but posted on Truth Social about "non-working ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — By the time the drumming and dancing starts Thursday, an organization that promotes African American ...

The Freedom and Unity March in Anacostia followed in the same steps that freed slaves walked 173 years ago across the 11th Street bridge.

Spray parks and rec centers stayed open in D.C., despite many other Juneteenth holiday closures, due to the heat alert.

President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other ...

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

The importance of voting in New York City's mayoral primary was front and center at a Juneteenth celebration in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday.

Freedom is worth celebrating. But it mustn’t be done under false pretenses to placate the whims of rogue liberal ideologues and acolytes, as Juneteenth is.

Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they worry about Trump’s anti-DEI measures.

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...