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Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...
On June 19, 1865, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states, Union troops in Galveston, Texas, announced that the enslaved ...
The city of Corpus Christi announced its Juneteenth closures and trash schedule. Here's what you need to know.
While banks and other businesses are closed on the federal holiday of Juneteenth, there are several Chicago Juneteenth events ...
Juneteenth, observed on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States were informed of ...
Four years after being officially recognized as a national holiday, Juneteenth will be celebrated throughout City with an ...
The free, 25-minute music and dance program, "Remembering Juneteenth," will begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Alamo Plaza.
Although the holiday has long been celebrated in the Black American community, Juneteenth has not always had federal recognition.
Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021. On Thursday, many communities on Thursday will be holding celebrations and parades ...
Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...