Juneteenth

Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year's Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning.

Celebrating Juneteenth. We talk about the push to observe and understand the deeper story of the holiday.

Friday, June 19 is Juneteenth. It’s a day of significance but it’s not a national holiday. In today’s climate of social unrest and calls for change in the…

On this Juneteenth, NPR is marking the day in 1865 when Union forces arrived in Texas with the news that slavery had been abolished two years earlier with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

In the wake of protests calling for racial equality and other reforms after the killing of George Floyd, there's a growing movement to make June 19 a federal holiday.

From Texas Standard : The first Juneteenth was not the celebration that it is today. June 19, 1865 was the first day of a federal occupation of Texas,...

Historical narratives often overlook the contributions of African Americans. The film “A Walk on the River- A Black History of the Alamo City” chronicles…

June 19 1865 is when word of emancipation finally reached Texas and its slave population. The news was delivered two and a half years after President…

Juneteenth, or June 19, 1865, was the day word arrived in Texas that slavery had been abolished.

Juneteenth, the day when many African-Americans mark the end of slavery, is also associated with traditional foods from the black community. One woman wants to revive a traditional treat: tea cakes.