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 ...

A Harrisburg event honored Black History Month by connecting youth and leaders while previewing upcoming Juneteenth celebrations.

Oni Press has just released a graphic biography on the origin story of Juneteenth, as told through the life of the woman most ...

The new Oni Press graphic novel dramatizes the life and work of Dr. Opal Lee.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Juneteenth is our nation’s holiday that celebrates when all citizens were free. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates when the enslaved in Galveston, Texas were freed, ...

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.The ...

MADISON (WLUK) -- For the sixth year in a row, the Juneteenth Flag will fly over the Wisconsin State Capitol. Gov. Evers proclaimed June 19, 2025, as “Juneteenth” throughout the state of Wisconsin.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Juneteenth is our ...