This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and ...

Juneteenth festival brought hundreds to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, celebrating freedom with a parade and diverse vendors.

A recent Columbia resident shares some family history, and a celebration committee member shares why Juneteenth is important.

Juneteenth is a fine thing. First and foremost, the end of slavery is something we all should commemorate and remember.

The event will be held at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in ...

Working-class Americans received a stark warning from President Trump as he celebrated Juneteenth by complaining about the ...

For generations, Black communities have honored June 19, 1865, — the day news of emancipation finally reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, — as a sacred jubilee. But even in 2025, Juneteenth ...

Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...

Plano, Ill., made national news in 2021 when it designated Juneteenth a holiday before the state or federal government. But this year, Plano’s fifth annual celebration is canceled. Organizer Jamal ...