At the end of his 1999 posthumously published novel, "Juneteenth," noted Black author Ralph Ellison called for a poignant question to be asked on Emancipation Day: "How the hell do we get love ...

In essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

The area is still known as Emancipation Park ... Floyd and racial justice protests in the summer of 2020. Juneteenth Independence Day is now the 11th holiday recognized by the federal government.

Juneteenth Festival in Elgin’s Festival Park has been canceled this year because the date organizers wanted for the event was ...

Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...

That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that commemorates the emancipation ... Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

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 ...

Las Vegas Valley residents began Juneteenth ... the Emancipation Proclamation was in effect. In a proclamation in June 2021, President Joe Biden declared Juneteenth National Independence Day ...

Rick Rehm, R-Abbeville. Juneteenth, or June 19, commemorates the day upon which Black slaves learned of their emancipation in 1865. Former President Joe Biden signed a bill in 2021 recognizing ...