Gary Burke looked on proudly in his Civil War-era U.S. Colored Troops uniform as Juneteenth festivities unfolded at the Tennessee State Museum. He watched as the Sankofa African Drum and Dance group ...

People of all backgrounds celebrated Juneteenth, a fairly new holiday signed into law in June 2021. “And just the long way that we’ve come to get to this point and be able to celebrate,” says ...

Decades before it became a national holiday, Five Points celebrated Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that they had been freed two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation ...

In the face of federal funding cuts, a scaled-back celebration still brought San Diegans together to celebrate Juneteenth, honoring the day with music, history and community. The annual, free event, ...

Johnson spoke about the festival and felt that it was a big success. It was important for the festival to be held at City Hall as it was the place where 5,000 freed slaves gathered after receiving ...

Were you Seen at these two Juneteenth events in the Capital Region? Were you Seen at the Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Music Celebration on June 17, 2025, at the Palace Theatre in Albany? Were you ...

A celebration borne out of the struggle Black people face. While most Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s freedom on July 4, many Black people in the United States recognize June 19 as their ...