ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - It wasn’t until 2021 that Juneteenth became a national holiday in the United States. The holiday is also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day as it commemorates the end of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Harrisburg, community leaders and young residents gathered to celebrate Black History Month while looking ahead to the city’s ...

State landmarks were being illuminated in red, black, and green for Juneteenth. Fifteen landmarks were lit statewide, including some of the SUNY and state office buildings, the Empire State Plaza and ...

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. Learn ...

Albuquerque Museum, in collaboration with the Office of Black Community Engagement will offer a night of celebration, featuring performances by Ms. Marley's House of Colors and VIIIZON Academy and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia's 2025 Juneteenth Parade and Festival began with a procession of music, colors and dancing along South Concourse Drive in Fairmount Park. People lined the streets ...

Organizers said they are committed to making the celebration an annual tradition, ensuring the stories continue to be told through music. A new bill would require Georgia school districts to consider ...