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.

On June 19th, 1865, the last enslaved African Americans were set free in the United States – a day that has been marked as a ...

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves effective January of ...

Dr. Molefi Asante, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University says June 19th, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, is a day that blacks in America should never forget. "It is ...

On Juneteenth, the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, gathered to honor a history of resilience. "They had a rhythm in Rondo, it had a different vibe than any other place in the city of St.

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

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

Thursday marked the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth and freedom for Black Americans. The federal holiday recognizes the official end of slavery through the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by ...

Biden's act of making Juneteenth a federal holiday marked the first federal holiday established since Ronald Reagan made Martin Luther King Jr Day a holiday in 1983. During a Juneteenth commemoration ...

TMJ4 will broadcast Milwaukee's 55th Juneteenth Day Parade for the seventh straight year on June 19, with historian Reuben ...