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Lee's annual 2.5-mile walk acknowledges the two and a half years it took for news of freedom to reach those enslaved in ...
Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom may soon stretch far beyond its traditional 2.5-mile route in Fort Worth. The annual walk takes ...
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 ...
In "Miss Juneteenth", Nicole Beharie stars as Turquoise Jones, a single mother in a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas. She is the former winner of the local Miss Juneteenth pageant, which offers a full ...
A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...
Gold price consolidates below $3,400 as investors await clarity on whether the US will strike Iran.
People across the country will come together today in honor of Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in ...
Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...