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Spontaneous Juneteenth celebrations emerged almost immediately. Celebrants referred to the day as “Emancipation Day,” “Freedom Day,” “Juneteenth” and “ Jubilee Day .” The latter title alluded to the ...

Juneteenth marks the moment Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation, freeing a quarter million enslaved people in Texas in 1865. The Standard's Sean Saldana reports on how the city ...

Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,” goes the lyric written in 1900 by ...

For many, Juneteenth is a time to reflect on the African American journey from the brutality of slavery to the resilience of generations who fought for civil rights and equality. Arkansas holds a ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

Many banks will be closed on Thursday for Juneteenth, though ATMs and online banking will still be available. Major banks ...

Juneteenth celebrations are underway in Galveston, the birthplace of the federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States.

For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers: ...

A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...

For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...