Davis, captured by Union forces, was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Hood had surrendered to Union forces in Natchez, Miss. My primary celebration on Thursday, the 160th anniversary of the ...

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union ...

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

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

The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the day when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and announced that over 250,000 remaining enslaved people in Texas were ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

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

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...

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

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

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal ...