Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the ...

From a flag-raising ceremony at Allentown City Hall, to free pool admission at Cedar Beach Pool, hundreds of community members celebrate Juneteenth Thursday, June 19, 2025. See the photos below. The ...

The music celebration honors Juneteenth through Harlem's own place in Black history. The Big Band Jubilee in Harlem celebrates Juneteenth through the neighborhood’s enduring jazz music legacy. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.” The ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — People in West Michigan celebrated Juneteenth Thursday with events happening all over. Calder Plaza in Grand Rapids was busy for the second straight year with the Justice ...

But on this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery in the country he leads again. No ...