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. University's Board of Trustees must approve the changes to Holiday Calendar.

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 ...

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

Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...