June 19, known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston, TX, and announced that more than 250,000 enslaved people were free by executive ...

Today is Juneteenth, and tradition calls for foods on the menu that are red in color. Food and lifestyle expert Lisa Washington visited Good Day with some Southern favorites and food with that ...

African Americans crave locally harvested, coast-to-coast, U.S.D.A. Prime liberty, in all its bitter sweetness. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the ...

Tommie Boudreaux grew up knowing about Juneteenth. For almost eight decades, she’s lived in Galveston, Texas—where, on June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 announced that one of the last groups ...

Why must the Juneteenth menu be filled with red-colored food and drinks? It’s a matter of symbolism. The red represents the blood shed by innumerable African Americans in the struggle for freedom.

I started hosting Juneteenth celebrations at least a decade before the day became a national holiday in 2021. I relish any opportunity to gather friends in my garden.

Celebrity Chef Carla Hall explains why we commemorate Juneteenth with red food and drinks and offers tips on how to incorporate the vibrant color in your holiday menu. CNN values your feedback 1.

“You cannot say serving watermelon on Juneteenth is a soul food menu when you don’t even know the history. They used to feed slaves watermelon,” an anonymous employee told Atlanta’s CBS 46.

"You cannot say serving watermelon on Juneteenth is a soul food menu when you don't even know the history -- they used to feed slaves watermelon during the slavery time," one employee told CBS.

After Granger’s announcement, newly freed Black people across Texas began celebrating Juneteenth. It was first celebrated in the state capital in 1867. There were big celebrations in Limestone ...

Reflecting on Juneteenth's legacy in civil rights history 02:58. A menu that the manager of an Ikea store in Atlanta says was meant to honor Juneteenth instead angered Black employees who called ...