The Juneteenth holiday is set to take place this week, marking its fourth year as a federal holiday in the U.S., but the ...

In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest federal holiday in the US — the first to be approved since Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

The holiday, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black Independence Day, became a federal holiday in 2021. Here's the history of Juneteenth ...

Red, white and blue are the colors of the American flag, but they also grace the face of another quintessential American banner: the official Juneteenth flag. The United States Post Office will be ...

After a quick debate in Congress, Juneteenth was designated the newest federal holiday on June 17, 2021. It's the first federal holiday to be established since 1983, when Martin Luther King Jr.'s ...

Opal Lee, the woman known by many as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, is attending her first-ever Democratic National Convention at the age of 97.

Juneteenth National Independence Day commemorates ... The day was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021. Frederick said the decision to push forward with a community celebration this year ...

(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission) Juneteenth became a federal holiday three years ago, but the history of its celebration in San Francisco goes back to the 1940s. In June of 1945 ...

Opal Lee attended the farewell event for the Harriet Tubman sculpture in Bastrop before it moved to Charleston.

OPENING DAY FALLS ON 219, THE SAME DAY AS THE JUNETEENTH PARADE AND FESTIVAL. JUNETEENTH IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY RECOGNIZING THE DAY 1865 WHEN ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN TEXAS LEARNED OF THEIR FREEDOM.>> ...