Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Juneteenth always falls on June 19. For 2024, it happens to be a Wednesday. Yes. Juneteenth is a federal holiday and ...

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866 ...

A committee approved making Juneteenth an Alabama state holiday after Rep. Rehm removed a Confederacy-related provision.

In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for families to educate and engage children around this important holiday. The Civil War ended in April 1865, but news of ...

Brenda Long and her friend Lauren Foster were among the first people inside Whitney Ranch Recreation Center’s Juneteenth Festival on Saturday morning ... makes them feel good,” Long, of ...