This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. As the Juneteenth holiday approaches, ...

Artist Lisa Jeanne GrafIn revised the flag in 2000, and in 2007 "June 19, 1865" was added to represent the date the legal decree was issued to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, the Jan. 1 ...

Juneteenth, held every June 19, commemorates the day when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

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With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.

A sea of people gathered inside City Hall on Juneteenth to not only celebrate the consequential holiday, but also to remember ...

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Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...

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Juneteenth is widely celebrated as a federal holiday on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the U.S.

Due to the weather, elected officials and community members gathered inside the City Hall auditorium on June 18 to take part ...