Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th ... more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This day is not only significant for African American history but also holds profound implications ...

Music festivals, parades, marches and more commemorate Juneteenth across America. Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day.

Juneteenth reminds us to cherish our freedom ... Under the law, my ancestors weren’t seen as fully human until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But not all of them. During the Civil ...

large crowds of African Americans were celebrating Juneteenth. During these early celebrations, prayer and spirituals were ...

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District ...

Historical photos of Juneteenth celebrations pan across the screen. The screen fades to black and we begin to hear Jamele Adams, Dean of Students, reciting the Emancipation Proclamation. Text on ...

Juneteenth is widely celebrated across ... In January 1863, Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal. More than three and a half million enslaved people living ...

You can experience the Juneteenth festival, freedom walk tour, parade, gala and tons of other events, including an annual reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

For the fourth year in a row, the Medina community will come together in the city’s historic square to observe Juneteenth.

Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when slaves on Galveston Island learned of the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves were free – more than two years after it was signed. "Juneteenth is ...