States that do not recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday include Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as ...

Coffee Break, what songs that celebrate Juneteenth would you like to hear? Respond with your song ideas in the comments below ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Millions of Americans will get Thursday off work for Juneteenth. Millions don't deserve it, especially Ohio lawmakers and ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Former President Joe Biden might be a special guest at a Juneteenth celebration on Galveston Island. It ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19. It marks the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston Bay, Texas, were informed of their freedom following the signing of the Emancipation ...

Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became ...

The first Juneteenth was held in Galveston the next year. Celebrations were low-key affairs, often kept to church gatherings and community events. Despite gaining their freedom, the lot of Black ...

Balaam Allen, born enslaved, became one of the founders of Melbourne. On this Juneteenth, he'll be honored in Brevard County.

Juneteenth recognizes the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, symbolizing the end of slavery ...

Many areas of Western Pennsylvania are inconsistent in their approach to observing Juneteenth. Federal and state offices are ...