Communities across Northeast Louisiana marked Juneteenth with parades, music and reflection. In Rayville, the theme “Because of Them, We Can” inspired a celebration filled with floats, dancers and ...

Local historian Mikal Barnes is helping to illuminate the significance of Juneteenth as Freedom Day, and is encouraging ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that ...