Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate when the last known slaves were freed two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. For Ricky Sherifield, ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

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

The final event is Let Freedom Sing: Juneteenth Gospel Night. It is an evening of worship and celebration and will have ...

Juneteenth Freedom Classic Charity Golf Tournament has been rescheduled to July 26 at the Country Club, 2902 W. 4 th Street. Registration for the event ...

When her husband died during a U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal benefits promised to families of first responders whose lives are cut short ...

I was nearly 40 years old when I first heard of Juneteenth. I was living and working in Cincinnati at the time. I didn’t know the significance of the date at all, I figured it was just another ...