MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands of people across the country marked Juneteenth on Friday, commemorating the day that signaled the end of slavery in the United States. In Memphis, families, students and ...

Hundreds gathered at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to honor Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Patricia Wright-Jenkins, a foot soldier in ...

June 19 marks Juneteenth in Texas, the Civil Rights Act, Kuwait’s independence, and other key historical events, births, and deaths.

In historical context, Juneteenth is also a reminder that progress is not irreversible.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute hosted its day long “Juneteenth Jubilee” celebration in the ...

Memphis, TN, June 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum invites the community to its annual Juneteenth Community Day on Friday, June 19, 2026, with a designated free museum ...

At Brewer's 22nd Juneteenth ceremony, Jim Varner, who once walked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shared a message of hope ...

The latest assault on Black rights is part of a long cycle of racial progress, backlash, and renewed hope.

In the summer of 1865, the good news of freedom finally came to more than 250,000 slaves in Texas. Union troops gathered in ...

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19 each year, is now a federally recognized holiday and a state holiday in Georgia. Here's when it all began.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - June 19, 1865, marks the day enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom. News that Union troops had arrived came two years after President ...

Raoul marks Juneteenth while defending Illinois civil rights, fair housing, school funding, and DEIA policies against Trump administration actions.