It took a Civil War and a brigade of soldiers to deliver the news. Ms. Opal Lee, a retired teacher, is the Grandmother of ...

The Juneteenth 2025 celebration vibe has started off across the United States. Here's more about the federal holiday and why ...

The walk is a symbolic gesture recognizing the 2 1/2 years it took for news of freedom to reach enslaved people in Texas ...

“On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves ...

Numerous events are set to be held around the Southland Thursday to mark Juneteenth — including a walk in Pacoima honoring the woman dubbed the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” There will also be events ...

The journey from local observance to national holiday was a lengthy one, spanning over a century-and-a-half of American ...

Americans observe Juneteenth every June 19, commemorating the day Union soldiers marched into Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, and enforced the Emancipation Proclamation, more than two years after ...

Numerous events are set to be held around Southern California Thursday to mark Juneteenth, the federal holiday that ...

Juneteenth was signed into law as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, by former President Joe Biden. He was surrounded by ...

In honor of Juneteenth, Decider is resurfacing an article that was originally published in June of 2021 with Ms. Opal Lee, a ...

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom more than two years after the ...

Opal Lee's Walk for Freedom may soon stretch far beyond its traditional 2.5-mile route in Fort Worth. The annual walk takes ...