Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts, Juneteenth: Celebration of Freedom When: 7 p.m. Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis Hear pieces written and performed by Black artists ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. The holiday, which lands on June 19, marks the day that the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were told they were free. It was more than two years after ...

Many Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. Here's a list of some events in Minnesota.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday Thursday marking the day when slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation, two years after it had been announced.

Hundreds of people visited the Soul of the Southside Festival in Minneapolis to celebrate freedom on Juneteenth. “I acknowledge the only reason my parents were able to immigrate here is because ...

Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they ...

North Minneapolis’ Bethune Park is actually the origin of Minneapolis-area Juneteenth celebrations dating to the 1980s. Theodore Wirth Regional Park became a hotspot for celebrations in the 1990s.

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week.. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

In the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this Juneteenth holiday, post offices, banks, government offices, libraries and schools will be closed, but retailers will be open.

This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, ...

Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as ...

Sanford and Orlando Entertainment hosts a Juneteenth block party at the Sanford Riverwalk with live music, food, dancing, ...