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Haiti’s landmark Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince, a favorite haunt of writers and artists, was burned to the ground its proprietor Richard Morse said. The attack by gangs took place Saturday, July 6, ...
Ashé Cultural Arts Center, the RTA and other groups unveiled a new mural at the Canal Street Ferry as part of the event.
When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...
With Juneteenth crowds behind us and a long July 4th holiday weekend ahead, Disneyland is riding the summer roller coaster of crowd booms and busts. But amidst the heat and hustle, there are also plen ...
June 24, 2025 Leimert Park Juneteenth Celebration Flyer: Courtesy Photo * (Los Angeles, CA) – Juneteenth 2025 fell on Thursday, June 19. Many events were planned around Los Angeles and beyond.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WHNT) — 805 After Five featuring The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Karmessa has been rescheduled to June 26. The rescheduled event will include a special Juneteenth-themed celebration ...
New OrLEaNS ‘Sometimes we forget our own majesty’ — capturing the cadence of New Orleans on Juneteenth On Juneteenth this year, an elder spoke of freedom still being unfinished. A young teacher ...
It’s the 53rd year the event has been celebrating the holiday, which fell on Thursday this year. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States in 1865. June 19 of that year was when ...
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom—of culture, community, and of course, self-expression. And what better canvas for that expression than our hair? For generations, our coils, curls, braids ...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas ...
New Yorkers flocked to Prospect Park Thursday to celebrate Black Pride in Brooklyn this Juneteenth. “I love the holiday, I like that now it’s a federal holiday,” Ariana Pierre from Queens said.