SAN FRANCISCO -- Juneteenth was the day that the news that slavery had ended finally reached people in Texas. It's a conversation that until recently many families haven't had with their children. In ...
This year marks the third year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while Juneteenth technically combines the words June and nineteenth, the state of New ...
The yearly celebration of slavery’s demise has been going on in the Quad-Cities for 20 years, but it still is changing. Organizers of the Juneteenth commemoration, in its third year at LeClaire Park, ...
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. When my son was in elementary school, two mom friends and I ...
This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...
On Juneteenth, kids in Hartford met with cartoonist Joe Young to learn the history of Juneteenth in a creative way at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center. “Kemet the Time Traveler is a comic I created ...
The event will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 19. It will feature art, music, performances and more family-friendly fun. Other WRAL Top Stories Admission is free for all outdoor events, ...
The Northcott Neighborhood House presented its Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant. The event aims to "showcase the best of the city's African American youth." Milwaukee is home to the nation's ...