It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

The nation’s youngest federal holiday is tomorrow! Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following ...

The Salisbury-Rowan NAACP is gearing up for a special rendition of its annual Juneteenth Celebration, adding events such as ...

The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites will offer free admission at all locations across the state on Saturday in honor ...