This week we celebrate Juneteenth. On June 19th, 1865 Maj. General Gordon Granger and his Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that all enslaved ...

This day has since been celebrated as Juneteenth, a time for reflection, education, and celebration of African American culture and achievements. The end of slavery was a monumental step toward ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...

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 ...

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

The activist, also known as Boston Ben, led a team of collaborators who created the design concept for the flag as a ...

They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ‘June’ and ‘nineteenth’ together, and has been celebrated every year by African-American people to ...