Clad in a striking peach outfit color-coordinated right down to her fingernails and taking no prisoners, Vallejo's first poet laureate blasted out her poem "Galveston" at the Juneteenth flag-raising ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.

The flag was raised in a ceremony at the National Black Contractors Association building on the corner of Imperial Avenue and 61st Street, the start of the district.

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, attracting participants who said current events strengthened ...

"Since this is a national holiday, it's time for us to bring something bigger to the Central Valley," said Landon Green, The Freedom Groups. "This Juneteenth is the largest African American festival ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...

Community members, faith leaders, and city officials gathered in downtown Fresno to commemorate Juneteenth, the country’s newest federal holiday, with a flag-raising ceremony in front of ...

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly enslaved Black Americans at the end of the Civil War.

While the tone was celebratory, many of those present said this year’s Juneteenth felt especially urgent — not just as a remembrance of emancipation but as a stand against efforts to suppress Black ...

President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other ...

Lafayette joined cities across the nation in celebrating Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...