The holiday traces back 160 years on the island, to the day General Gordon Granger announced enslaved people were free two ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated since 1866 and commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger told slaves in ...

The nation's newest federal holiday - Juneteenth - lands in the middle of the workweek later this month. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday, including what day it takes place, what ...

Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth is the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

Juneteenth is not just a day off of school and work — it's a holiday with profound historical significance. Juneteenth commemorates the day slaves in Texas learned they were free —June 19,1865, two ...

For the first time since 1983, a new federal holiday has been created. After passing the House and Senate earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill designating Juneteenth ...

Now that the Juneteenth barbecues are over and Black Americans are done with their celebrating, we have time to respond to President Donald Trump’s reaction to the holiday. And boy, do folks online ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday proclamations. In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 ...

NEW YORK -- As the U.S. officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday, many major corporations are also giving their employees paid time off to celebrate and commemorate. Most federal workers will ...

June 19 commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. A handful of corporations in the U.S. announced this year that they are making Juneteenth, the day traditionally used to commemorate the end of ...

Less than three months after President Donald Trump complained that Americans have “too many non-working holidays,” the White House says he would not oppose adding one more — in honor of slain ...

The City of Galveston on Thursday revealed a new initiative to develop a national Juneteenth center in the city where a Union ...