ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - It wasn’t until 2021 that Juneteenth became a national holiday in the United States. The holiday is also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day as it commemorates the end of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Juneteenth is our nation’s holiday that celebrates when all citizens were free. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates when the enslaved in Galveston, Texas were freed, ...

While the Trump administration has rolled back federal support for DEI initiatives, there is no public plan to change the status of Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The fifth year since Juneteenth was ...

State landmarks were being illuminated in red, black, and green for Juneteenth. Fifteen landmarks were lit statewide, including some of the SUNY and state office buildings, the Empire State Plaza and ...

Advocates celebrated in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law and the day became a national holiday. But there’s still work to be done in spreading ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Juneteenth is our ...