The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...

Today is Juneteenth, the oldest-known holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America. While slavery was officially abolished via the Thirteenth Amendment in 1863, it actually took a full two ...

The Juneteenth flag is a white star within a resplendent starburst set against a proud backdrop of red and blue. It symbolizes the freedom of four million enslaved people and hope for African ...

The outlawing of slavery in 1865 did not mean black and white Americans were treated ... which denied black people equal rights, Juneteenth celebrations declined until the Civil Rights Movement ...

Toni Morrison 29. “The 4th of July was never about Black people. Juneteenth is just for us. As Black people, we are told we don’t deserve our own holidays rooted in our own history.

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District announced Thursday. This year’s celebration will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The cause is exceptionally personal for Lee, whose home was set on fire by White rioters on Juneteenth in 1939. "People gathered. The papers say that it was 500 strong, and that the police couldn ...