Knowles: ‘When we recognize the push to make Juneteenth a national holiday was led by an educator — it highlights the ...

The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' chronicles the life of Lee and the history behind America’s newest federal holiday.

Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, worked tirelessly to lift this major event out of the shadows and called on our ...

The holiday, which falls on June 19, commemorates the historic day when more than 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston Bay, ...

Four short years after the recognition of a holiday commemorating freedom, it feels like Black people are less free.

From ceremonies to parades, events are set to be held across the country in the wake of Juneteenth, the nation’s newest federal<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Opal Lee is known to many as "Grandmother of Juneteenth”. In an unfortunate turn of events, Lee will not be able to participate in this year’s walk for freedom as the 98-year-old was recently ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday for Black Americans to celebrate the emancipation of our enslaved ancestors and honor their sacrifice.

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through Galveston, Texas, with the message that enslaved people were free.

Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...

Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.

For Ms. Opal, the hope was to ensure that a history she understood as central to her story, and to the story of our nation, ...