Jeri Mills' great, great, great grandmother was the daughter of one of the first enslaved people forced to help build Monte ...

Today is Juneteenth, the national recognition of the end of slavery in the United States, and celebrations are scheduled ...

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

From parades to festivals and even free food, hundreds gather every year to take part in celebrating Juneteenth. But, the holiday surpasses the physical celebrations, and East Texas leaders say it's ...

Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved ...

Juneteenth, the nation’s youngest federal holiday, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865. (CNN, WTMJ, WISC, WCHS) ... all are on tap at an event that brings thousands of ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston announcing the enforcement of ...

Trump is proving me wrong, but not consistently. When he leans into ideology, he swerves into unforced errors. When he’s ...

No, slaves in Tennessee weren’t freed until a restricted electorate approved the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery as a condition of rejoining the Union, on Feb. 25, 1865.

No, slaves in Tennessee weren’t freed until a restricted electorate approved the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery as a condition of rejoining the Union, on Feb. 25, 1865.

Temperatures are expected to range from the upper 80s into the mid 90s across Florida on June 19. In east central Florida, ...