It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

The upcoming Juneteenth federal holiday happens this week. Here's what businesses will be closed for the holiday, and its ...

The nation's youngest federal holiday will take place this week, giving many Americans the day off in remembrance of the abolishment of slavery.

Canceled federal grants and businesses moving away from so-called brand activism have hit the bottom line of parades and ...

Juneteenth on Thursday commemorates when the last enslaved Black people in the country were finally told they were free. What ...

Members of the Xenia community will be gathering at Lexington Park, 1067 Lexington Avenue, to celebrate the 160th anniversary ...

Juneteenth was of course an occasion for feasting. In her book “High on the Hog,” historian Jessica B. Harris wrote that “the ...

New Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state's Supreme Court ruled Monday, after a Catholic diocese that had tried for years to block such ...