On the morning of Juneteenth, dozens of volunteers gathered ... for anything in the world," Bolden said excitedly, putting ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, also called Emancipation Day ...

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 ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal ...

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Louisville has lost the heart of Juneteenth not even five years after it became a federal holiday. It is disheartening that ...

The first celebration of Juneteenth began at the same courthouse in Galveston, on the same date where, one year before, enslaved people in Texas learned that the war was over and they were now free.

These Juneteenth quotes will spark your inner activist to go out and work for a better, more equal future. While Independence Day is nationally celebrated as the day Americans acquired their ...

told through eight everyday products. For more than 200 years, the heart of the global trade in cut flowers has been the Netherlands. The world’s largest global auction for flowers began ...

When Washington state Rep. Melanie Morgan was growing up, she didn’t learn about Juneteenth in school. In the history books that she and many others were assigned, “Juneteenth may have been a ...

Charlie Baker signed it into law, Juneteenth was designated as a federal holiday last year. The holiday marks the day, June 19, 1865, when all enslaved people were officially freed after troops ...

When San Francisco hosted its first official city-supported Juneteenth parade down Market Street last year, Dr. Sheryl Davis witnessed its significance firsthand. Davis is the executive director of ...