It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it will be celebrated today throughout California and the rest of the U.S. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It's the ...

Juneteenth is today, and the country's newest federal holiday is leading to some things being closed. Most national banks and the United States Postal Service will be closed on Thursday, June 19 in ...

Also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, Juneteenth celebrates the resilience of Black Americans and the historic ...

Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021—more than a century after it was first celebrated. As Americans across ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence ...

A Juneteenth mural in Galveston is located at the site of the issuance of General Order No. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” between enslaved Texans and former slave owners after the Emancipation ...

Marqueta Collins with Believe In Your Body Movement Boutique was selling T-shirts at the Juneteenth Cookout, hosted by the Kansas City Defender and Decarcerate KC. At the Juneteenth Cookout, families, ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.” But on this year’s ...

Juneteenth is a significant day for African Americans, especially in Texas, even before it became a federal holiday. There's a lot of work that goes into getting a holiday federally observed, and much ...

Those states with no official provision for Juneteenth include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New ...

Can Trump Really Cancel Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday? *With Donald Trump back in the White House and already swinging his sledgehammer at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, many ...