Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

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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 ...

While some states have acknowledged Juneteenth in symbolic ways or through commemorative events, others have chosen to mark ...

C.J. Mosley, a five-time Pro Bowl selection during an 11-year NFL career with the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens, ...