Since 1866, the African-American community has celebrated Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, on 19 June.

The flag is also symbolic of cultural and historic solidarity for Americans, a shared past, present and future—which is ...

President Biden signed legislation in 2021 that made Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday, after interest in the day was renewed during the summer of 2020 and the nationwide ...

Three years after it was made a federal holiday, Juneteenth 2024 marks a day of celebration as well as education. The federal holiday known as “Second Independence Day,” marks the day the last ...

Also known as Freedom Day, Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States by commemorating the day in 1865 when Union soldiers informed enslaved African ...

Juneteenth — a combination of the words “June” and “nineteenth” — has been celebrated for decades by Black communities as Emancipation Day, but the recent broader reckoning over racial ...

June 18 (Reuters) - Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the ...

Juneteenth — the federal holiday codified in 2021 that commemorates the day that the last African American slaves were told they had been freed — falls on Wednesday, June 19, but not every ...

While June 19 had been celebrated as Juneteenth or Jubilee Day in cities in the South for years, the June 19, 1972, event in Milwaukee was the first time such a community celebration had taken ...

The newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, is next week and it falls during the middle of the week. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday including when it is, what will be closed and ...