People across the U.S. are celebrating Juneteenth. June 19th marks the day enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they ...

Juneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King ...

In a northern Florida graveyard, as the trill of insects filled the air, 83-year-old Wilbur B. Bell knelt in the shade of overgrown trees and tapped on a worn gravestone. “This is my father,” Bell ...

As long as I can remember, Juneteenth was always celebrated in my house growing up. Maybe because my family on both sides are generationally Texan, and on my father’s side, those roots trace back to ...

Nigerian singer Tems has been announced as one of the performers for Juneteenth at the newly completed Obama Presidential ...

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A fifth‑year Juneteenth celebration is returning to Arlington this weekend at Levitt Pavilion, supported by local community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Juneteenth, which is America's second Independence Day, is not only an African American holiday, it is an American holiday." ...

Opal Lee is known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked with her in 2024 about her activism, and her hopes for the future.

Dr. Kenny Robinson stopped by Live Impact News to talk about the Freedom Reimagined Juneteenth event at the Knight Theater in Uptown. US launches new strikes on Iran after helicopter downed Spielberg ...

Houston's HBCU powerhouse marching band anchors a Texas editorial in the fashion magazine's Summer 2026 issue, released on Juneteenth.