In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...

Far from galvanizing the public to his side, President Trump’s ambitious effort to impose his will on the country has only ...

Celebrations across the country marked Juneteenth, the day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom ...

Free cotton candy, giveaways, food, crafts and lots of music are on tap for today's Juneteenth celebration at Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau.

This slave mentality was made particularly evident by the spies’ statement “we were like grasshoppers in our eyes, and so we ...

The Art Museum hosted the sixth annual 'Beyond Juneteenth' celebration on June 19. Individuals attended to commemorate Black culture and art.

Millions of Americans will get Thursday off work for Juneteenth. Millions don't deserve it, especially Ohio lawmakers and ...

A Juneteenth tour at Durham’s Historic Stagville explores how enslaved people experienced the transition to freedom.

The president had been expected to issue a proclamation about Juneteenth but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...