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

So as much as the holiday represents freedom, "it also represents ... racial justice protests in the summer of 2020. Juneteenth Independence Day is now the 11th holiday recognized by the federal ...

On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed June 15 as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance.” “California is proud to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday ...

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District ...

The Freedom Center announced the 2025 recipients of its International Freedom Conductor Awards, its highest honor.

The Black Expo’s “Juneteenth on the Ohio River” will return at 4 p.m. June 21 in English Park. This will be OBE’s eighth Juneteenth celebration overall, following its debut program in 2018. Juneteenth ...

As celebrations erupted and cannons fired in 1776, my ancestors' freedom was not yet tangible ... But this year, Juneteenth falls on the same day as Father's Day, which brings up a mix of emotions.

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 ...

an Important Day' A retired educator, Lee makes a symbolic two-and-a-half mile walk each year on Juneteenth, a distance that honors the two-and-a-half years it took for news of freedom to reach ...

“Gathering in unity and love is a powerful balm during uncertain times.” Also known as Freedom Day or Juneteenth Independence Day, June 19 became a federal holiday in 2021 to commemorate the ...