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 ...
For the first time since 1983, a new federal holiday has been created. After passing the House and Senate earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill designating Juneteenth ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Learn ...
(KRON) — Juneteenth became an official federal holiday starting in 2021 under former President Joe Biden to recognize the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. On June 19, 1865, Union General ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.Learn ...
This year will be the first Juneteenth under the second Trump administration, which has banned DEI initiatives, including Black history content This year will be the first Juneteenth under the second ...