Dr. Molefi Asante, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University says June 19th, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, is a day that blacks in America should never forget. "It is ...

Americans across the country celebrated the federal holiday commemorating the day the last group of enslaved African Americans were informed they were free. June 19, dubbed Juneteenth, reflects on a ...

The Fourth of July is just a few weeks away. Although Independence Day is, for many Americans, synonymous with freedom, July 4, 1776, was not a day of independence for enslaved Americans. Enslaved ...

Saturday afternoon in Aurora, the African American Men of Unity hosted its 24th annual Juneteenth celebration, a community-wide, four-hour party at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 51 N. Farnsworth ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest University Combining history and memoir, Annette ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s. Juneteenth ...

Experts say Juneteenth, which is celebrated on June 19, can provide generational healing for Black Americans. “Juneteenth provides Black Americans with a culturally sanctioned space to acknowledge the ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The Texas African American Museum celebrated Juneteenth with an event featuring food, activities, and community. “Ever since 1865, there have been events all over Texas, some ...

Dearborn — Juneteenth arrived Thursday at Greenfield Village with music, dance, art, food and festivities aimed at spotlighting history, resilience as well as demands for equality amid mounting ...

The idea for the museum sprang from discussions about the redevelopment of the Butler Place public housing complex.

WASHINGTON — Despite slim chances of passage and against the backdrop of anti-DEI efforts, some congressional Democrats continue to reintroduce reparations legislation that advocates hope will help ...

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in ...