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

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

The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to add a federal holiday to the calendar marking Juneteenth - the end of slavery in the nation. The House of Representatives backed the legislation by ...

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 ...

Lee told ABC News she is ready to rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. Opal Lee, the woman known by many as the ...

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 ...

While Juneteenth has been unofficially celebrated for more than two centuries, Congress voted in 2021 to make it the 11th federal holiday. When President Joe Biden signed the bill, Juneteenth ...

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

The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to add a federal holiday to the calendar marking Juneteenth - the end of slavery in the nation. The House of Representatives backed the legislation ...