Communities across the Chicago area have planned an array of events to honor and celebrate the holiday Thursday. Parties, ...

In South Shore, 20 Chicago students received $10,000 scholarships as they head off to college. The scholarships were part of ...

With many kids out of school for summer as a holiday week arrives, parents may be looking for things to do in the Chicago ...

Cultural and food booths, entertainment and an invitation to join in the dancing were part of Skokie’s Juneteenth celebration ...

It is Juneteenth week! The holiday recognizes the summer day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and ...

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

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An annual gala in Salt Lake City has raised thousands of dollars for scholarship funds while honoring some of the country’s most prominent men ahead of the Juneteenth holiday.

Entrance fees to all 63 of the nation’s national parks will be waived on Thursday as the National Park Service commemorates ...

Johnson unveiled a reparations plan and grant program for the community impacted by "historic slavery" amid a DOJ racism probe.

Accompanied by local church choirs, the quintet will perform at 6 p.m. June 19 the Gail Borden Public Library’s Juneteenth ...