Juneteenth is a federal holiday also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. It's celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ...

Like most federal holidays, expect your local banks and credit unions to be closed in observance of Juneteenth. Postal ...

It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...

The Pan African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center will host a Juneteenth screening of a new documentary about its ...

Juneteenth is a significant day for African Americans, especially in Texas, even before it became a federal holiday. There's a lot of work that goes into getting a holiday federally observed, and much ...

"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...

JEFFERSONVILLE – Juneteenth is one of the newest federal holidays celebrated in the United States. It commemorates the day ...

ZFT, a Black-founded run club, started with just a handful of runners around the Juneteenth holiday and has grown to the ...

The museum, now four years in the making, is scheduled to open in 2026, permanently memorializing and educating its visitors ...

For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers: ...