Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of ...

Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of ...

Juneteenth, the holiday marking the official end of slavery is celebrated annually on June 19, but became recognized as a federal holiday a few years ago.

A holiday that is spreading across the U.S. and beyond, Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It was originally celebrated on ...

Juneteenth was the first federal holiday to be signed into legislation in the 21st century. That makes it the youngest of the 12 established holidays observed by the federal government. The holiday ...

President Donald Trump criticized the number of federal holidays in a Truth Social post that fell on Juneteenth. Trump has delcared new holidays during his second presidency, such as Victory Day for ...

On June 19, Black people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, when slaves in Texas received the news of the Emancipation Proclamation two years after nearly everyone else in 1865. But while ...