Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, although it is not universally observed. Oklahoma County observes it, ...

Liberation Station, the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, will be returning to a ...

President Joe Biden signed legislation on June 17, 2021, making Juneteenth a U.S. federal holiday after Congress passed The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act that same month.

Juneteenth marks the day -- June 19, 1865, when enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free -- two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect and two ...

Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States, holds immense significance in the nation’s history. It has been marked in various ...

A man carries a Black Liberation flag through a Juneteenth celebration at the memorial for George Floyd outside Cup Foods on June 19, 2020, in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen—Getty Images ...

Juneteenth—the annual observance celebrating the end of slavery in the United States in 1865—is a holiday that many Americans haven’t heard of until recently. That has caused some to wonder ...

Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday in 2021 under former President Joe Biden, who signed it into law, officially recognizing it as the "Juneteenth National Independence Day." This is ...

Juneteenth — a holiday celebrating the emancipation of all American slaves on June 19, 1865 — isn't well known outside the Black community, but historian and UCLA professor Brenda Stevenson ...

Juneteenth tells us that a fuller future awaits, and the work of collective freedom is ongoing. If you’re lucky, you’ll get to stay till the end of the cookout, which is not complete without ...

Juneteenth, however, is often left out of history textbooks in school. Many Americans never really learned about the holiday.