Born on October 7, 1926, in Marshall, Texas, Opal Lee grew up in a racially divided America and dedicated her life to overcoming the obstacles presented therein.

Jamestown is asking a state appeals court to reopen an arbitrator’s ruling over granting holiday pay for police officers and firefighter related to Juneteenth 2024. Elliot Raimondo, city corporation ...

As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal — to legitimize the study of African American history and culture.

City leaders argued during a special meeting over the issue of whether to hire a firm to investigate how funds were used at this year’s Juneteenth festival. Jonesboro Mayor Donya Sartor says another ...

At the age of 89, Dr. Opal Lee launched a walking campaign from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

A Juneteenth mural in Galveston is located at the site of the issuance of General Order No. 3, which demanded “absolute equality” between enslaved Texans and former slave owners after the Emancipation ...

Over the past few years, Juneteenth has become more nationally recognized as a federal holiday, and that’s for good reason. While many US citizens celebrate this country’s independence from Great ...