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Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the ...
Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became ...
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day, celebrates Black freedom in the United States.
Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...
Communities across Florida are gearing up to celebrate Juneteenth — a celebration of slavery's end in the U.S. Here's what is ...
Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we approach Juneteenth, let's also acknowledge some ugly truths ...
A celebration of Black history and freedom, the day rose in prominence following the sweeping protests against racial ...
Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...
Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...