Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The first Juneteenth was celebrated back in 1866. Yet despite its long history, it only just ...

Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 each year. In 2024, the national holiday will fall on a Wednesday. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and has been celebrated since ...

Juneteenth, despite being relatively new to the list of federal holidays (it wasn't until 2021 that it was officially recognized), is just as important as, say, President's Day or Memorial Day.

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A new Juneteenth holiday cooking and activity book by award-winning author Alliah Agostini joyfully affirms Black children’s heritage and history. Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 ...

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It’s been over 150 years since enslaved Black Americans, all in the then-Confederate state of Texas, learned of their freedom. It was June 19, 1865 — two months after the Civil War ended and 2½ years ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 years, marking the day a group of enslaved Black people in Texas learned they had been officially freed over two years prior. But for a new generation ...

On Juneteenth, kids in Hartford met with cartoonist Joe Young to learn the history of Juneteenth in a creative way at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center. “Kemet the Time Traveler is a comic I created ...