LaGrange plans to add Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for city employees. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, marking the end of ...

Wednesday will be the first opportunity for Galveston school board members to consider a $2.8 million bid for the 4.5 acres ...

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

The initiative is part of Habitat Greenville’s Advancing Black Homeownership Project, launched in 2023 to help develop a ...

Today, and every April 9 to come, should be a national holiday. A holiday to commemorate, celebrate, and sanctify the story ...

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

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 ...

Post Malone and Ashley McBryde performed a tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash at the Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary celebration. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, a legendary country ...

The computer-simulated Freedom Shield exercise drew to an end after an 11-day run in the face of North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats and deepening military cooperation with Russia.

That day, now known as Juneteenth, became a celebration of freedom and resilience. Even then, freedom came with challenges. Early Juneteenth gatherings were often pushed to the outskirts of town.

The sacrifices of three revolutionaries laid the bulwark for India’s independence struggle Indian freedom fighter Bhagat ... is being observed as Martyr's Day to commemorate their death anniversary.