Texas Southern University and the Houston-based law firm, Roberts Markland, announced a new partnership. The partnership will conduct a study of the legal and economic impacts due ...

June 19 has witnessed some of the most transformative events in world history, spanning social justice milestones, groundbreaking scientific achievements, ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for ...

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.

Juneteenth was signed into law as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, by former President Joe Biden. He was surrounded by ...

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...

Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that slaves would be freed in ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued a proclamation to commemorate Juneteenth. The federal holiday was created to commemorate the emancipation of ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation or ...