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 ...

“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 ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

But tariffs on a wide range of goods from multiple countries are still in effect and of more importance to local business ...

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.

"Juneteenth is a new national holiday that's wonderful," he added. "It's a holiday that celebrates freedom from slavery. If there's anyone who understands that more than anybody, it's the Jewish ...

Instead, state employees would have to choose between Juneteenth, celebrating freedom, or Jefferson Davis ... got the Legislature to make Martin Luther King Day a state holiday in 1984 by ...

A field trip for Akron students focused on the Underground Railroad and African-American history in Cincinnati and Zanesville.