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Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...
Juneteenth 2025 in Portsmouth will celebrate the 10 years of the African Burying Ground Memorial Park with African drumming ...
On Juneteenth, District residents are celebrating the holiday with various events, including a Freedom & Unity Walk and a ...
Federal offices are closed Thursday June 19th for Juneteenth, but in South Carolina business will continue as usual at the ...
This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth. Here's what to know about the holiday and why' it's celebrated.
The Beacon of Freedom rises 47 feet and was designed by Perkins&Will, and fabricated by Demiurge. It was inspired by civil leader and activist Lyda Moore Merrick, who once said: “My father passed a ...
Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white ...
Leaders said at the Mother Emanuel memorial service on June 17 that much more needs to be done to fight hatred in the U.S.
A South Carolina park was once a town founded by freed people. Now visitors sleep there to get close to history.
Billy Keyserling had not return to City Hall in five years to receive the Order of the Palmetto and he used the occasion to ...
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as ...
People of faith gathered again at Mother Emanuel AME on Tuesday just like they did 10 years ago, searching for God's truth and His love in the church fellowship hall.