Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved people statewide.

While Juneteenth is recognized as a state and federal holiday, private businesses don't have to close or offer the day off. Here's what some Atlanta businesses have planned.

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