SAN FRANCISCO -- Juneteenth was the day that the news that slavery had ended finally reached people in Texas. It's a conversation that until recently many families haven't had with their children. In ...

For the first time since 1983, a new federal holiday has been created. After passing the House and Senate earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill designating Juneteenth ...

Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of ...

Ninety-four-year-old activist and retired educator Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act ...

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 ...

Entitled Juneteenth's Home, the initiative is currently as long on lofty hopes as it is short on details. Nevertheless, several officials, including Galveston Mayor Dr. Craig Brown and U.S. Rep. Randy ...

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- To mark Juneteenth, the LA Rams hosted a free football camp for hundreds of kids in South Los Angeles this weekend. More than 200 kids, from grades 2-12, were invited to ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- As the country celebrates Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., we asked prominent activists and allies from across the country what Black ...