TROY — Multiple Troy students were among the winners of Oakland County’s first Juneteenth Art & Essay Contest.

The sounds of chatter and gospel music filled downtown San Jose on June 14 as hundreds of people celebrated Juneteenth. The ...

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Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Though it did not become a federal holiday until 2021, Oakland residents have celebrated Juneteenth at Lake Merritt long ...

Nick Kurtz hit a two-run homer off closer Josh Hader in the 10th inning to give the Athletics a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros. Willie McIver launched his first major league homer and drove ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday ...

Thousands came out to celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland with music, food and activities for the kids. Those in attendance knew it was a day to celebrate freedom - an issue that is still top of mind.

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first moved from El Paso, Texas, to Southern California, where she had to ...

Thousands came out to Hella Juneteenth in Oakland on Thursday to celebrate the holiday, freedom, community and legacy. The event held at the Oakland Museum of California welcomed close to 3,500 ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

Voleine Amilcar, of Oakland, right, dances with others during the Oakland Museum of California’s Hella Juneteenth Festival 2025 in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 19, 2025.