CHICAGO (WLS) -- Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves ...

DALLAS -- Opal Lee, 95, spent years lobbying for federal recognition of Juneteenth, and her work finally paid off. "I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened," said Lee, known as ...

TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The performers have been announced for 'Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth,' a free outdoor event centered around Black joy and unity. The Broadway League announced the ...

Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African-Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a proclamation Monday making Juneteenth a paid holiday for L.A. city employees. City Councilmember Curren Price spoke during the signing ...

CHICAGO -- A woman successfully convinced her employer to make Juneteenth a permanent paid holiday and told her story in a now-viral tweet thread. Kamaria Morris works as an assistant director of ...

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 — ...