Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to tone any commemoration of Juneteenth way, way down, in keeping with his anti-diversity crusade. Hegseth’s office requested the Department of ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday to mark the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...

The observances on Thursday come even as the Trump administration has been removing content about African American history from federal websites.

Jun. 19 is Juneteenth, a time to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865, more than 200,000 enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

Numerous events are set to be held around Southern California on Thursday to mark Juneteenth – including a walk in Pacoima honoring the woman dubbed the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” ...

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It is hosted by the African American Museum of Rhode Island at the Hope High School Auditorium. And on Sunday, the 7th annual Juneteenth Festival kicks off at Roger Williams Park. The festival begins ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whose work includes scrubbing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from the U.S.

Thursday June 19 is Juneteenth, a federal United States holiday to commemorate the ending of slavery. The holiday marks the day, June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally ...