The panel will take place at St. Francis Episcopal Church of the Highlands.

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” recognized Juneteenth this year by speaking with legendary American civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, who advised wisdom and reflection at a time when “history ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through Galveston, Texas, with the message that enslaved people were free.

Mr. Trump, who has often used holidays as an occasion to advance his political causes and insult critics and opponents on social media, chose the occasion of Juneteenth instead to float the idea ...

Juneteenth – short for June Nineteenth – recognizes the day in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with roughly 2,000 federal troops from the 13th Army Corps.

The 13th Amendment, though widely celebrated at the time for abolishing most forms of slavery, still allows for involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime, and has remained the legal backbone for ...

The United States Postal Service and federal offices across the country are closed today — Thursday, June 19 — in observance of Juneteenth, which is celebrated to commemorate the end of slavery in the ...

Thursday, June 19 marks the 4th year Juneteenth has been celebrated as a national holiday in the United States. The day celebrates the final emancipation of slaves in Texas and the general enforcement ...

However, months after the war ended, all slaves were declared free when the 13th Amendment was ratified Dec. 6, 1865. Why did it take 30 months for the news to reach slaves in Texas?

It paved the way for the 13th Amendment, which codified the abolition of slavery. It led to 200,000 Black Americans serving in the Union Army.