Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MARK FELIX/Getty Images Juneteenth has become much more visible in recent years, but despite what some people think, it's not a ...

You probably learned that slavery ended. You probably learned it ended because of Abraham Lincoln. You probably didn’t learn the rest. Here are seven things about Juneteenth that got left out of the ...

Juneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King ...

There’s more than one Independence Day in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved people were now free. Since then, June 19 has been ...

Atlanta’s got a packed weekend ahead. We’re talking live music, summer festivals, foodie events and big-time sports all happening across the metro Atlanta area. This is your guide to the best of it.