Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this month. Although Juneteenth was officially recognized in 2021 by President Joe Biden, making it the ...

At the end of his 1999 posthumously published novel, "Juneteenth," noted Black author Ralph Ellison called for a poignant question to be asked on Emancipation Day: "How the hell do we get love ...

Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in 2021 but is rooted in a deep history tied to the US slave trade. Amid concerns for Black rights in ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

It's also known as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, or Cel-Liberation Day. Juneteenth is widely celebrated across the US, and for many the day became even more poignant after George ...

The state and local governments would only be able to fly U.S., state, military and prisoner-of-war flags over their ...

The Pentagon's intelligence arm has barred any celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such ...

As celebrations erupted and cannons fired in 1776, my ancestors' freedom was not yet tangible. That was the case until nearly 100 years later, on June 19, 1863, or what is now recognized as ...

That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that commemorates the emancipation ... Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Officials at Las Vegas City Hall and Henderson City Hall did the same on Monday. The four-day Las Vegas Juneteenth Festival at the World Market Center starts June 12. “The festival promises ...

Specifically, Juneteenth celebrates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was made effective in 1863, made it to Galveston Bay in Texas June 19, 1865. Juneteenth was made a ...