an association of African American police officers. Johnson said he's been attending Juneteenth Day in Milwaukee for almost four decades. Latanya Lindsay, who works with the city's Department ...

Although a fairly new term, freedom colonies refer to the settlements African American slaves in Texas founded after Juneteenth, when the last slaves in the South were set free after the ...

Gen. Gordon Granger delivered an order declaring “all slaves are free.” This was the first Juneteenth. In 1980, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday.

This declaration by General Granger and the following celebration is considered the very first Juneteenth ... and is named after Ohio’s first African American legislator. Williams was a Civil ...

June 19, also known as "Juneteenth," marks an important moment in American history when Union troops announced the freedom of all slaves. On that day in 1865, Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger ...

SEATTLE — There are events and celebrations happening all over Seattle and surrounding areas honoring Juneteenth and Black communities. Juneteenth was first recognized as a federal holiday in ...

Recently I was asked, “Why do we need Juneteenth? Aren’t Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month enough?” I carefully explained – even though I was disturbed and perturbed by ...

African American band at the Emancipation Day Juneteenth Celebration in Austin, Texas, June 19, 1900. (Austin History Center) Jubilees brought Black New Orleanians together over and over that ...

People from all walks of life came together on Germantown Avenue Saturday for the 18th annual Juneteenth Festival. It was a showcase of unity as many came to celebrate African American culture.

The official celebration of Juneteenth falls on a Wednesday this ... and multimedia art to portray the African American experience from pre-colonial Africa through slavery, the great migration ...

DECORAH, IOWA—To commemorate Juneteenth, the Center for Intercultural Engagement and Support (CIES) at Luther College is hosting a day trip on Wednesday, June 19, to the African American Museum of ...

Afro Freedom Afro Feast is returning to celebrate Juneteenth, an honorary day commemorating the emancipation of the last slaves in 1865. On Sunday, June 16, a few days before the official holiday ...