The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Tuesday to close 27 churches, 26 in south Alabama ...

On Monday evening, friends and family gathered at the Highlands United Methodist Church to remember Jax Gratton.

It’s known as one of the oldest African-American churches in Cleveland, and celebrated its 150th anniversary on Sunday.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Juneteenth parties, “Reading Frederick Douglass ...

With thousands of fans expected to visit this week for the annual Celebration at Paisley Park, Minneapolis has unveiled a ...

New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery, but Black settlements helped the enslaved find freedom long before ...

Springfield, Illinois is hosting a variety of Juneteenth events from June 12-19, including a pageant, panel discussions, and ...

Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...

In all the years I have attended the Miss Mississippi Pageant I would never have dreamed of wearing tennis shoes. But this ...

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” was hospitalized last month while visiting Ohio to mark the 30th anniversary of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, her ...

OJ Jenkins, Ahmad Goree, Kelly Drake, Ruth Thunderhawk, Michelle Carpenter, Marisa Gonzales, Paul Von Wupperfeld and David ...