As of 2023, more than half of states across the U.S. recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday, according to the Pew ...

Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen ... two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 and declared the end of slavery ...

Specifically, Juneteenth celebrates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was made effective in 1863, made it to Galveston Bay in Texas June 19, 1865. Juneteenth was made a ...

The city of Cleveland will serve as the host of the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) annual convention ...

While Black History Month is commemorated in February, celebrating and learning more about the history doesn't have to stop ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

A Happy Juneteenth 1865 Freedom Day flag whips in the wind on Saturday ... representing the 2.5 years it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas.

At 1 p.m. Saturday, the bell at the Sterling Methodist Church pealed 13 times, joining ceremonies in communities across ...

Commission Chairman Vince Schibi said Juneteenth would be restored for 2026 because Christmas is on Friday. The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in 1863, but slaves near Galveston, Texas, ...

the Proclamation was not met with universal favor in the north, leading to riots in some cities. So should January 1st be “Emancipation Day?” Texas, and many blacks, had long celebrated Juneteenth Day ...