To close out Juneteenth weekend, the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center will host a second screening of the ...

Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams. You can send questions [email protected] or c/o Andrews ...

Delivery of this weeks’ print edition of The Journal by the US Postal Service was delayed until Friday due to the Postal Service being closed for the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday.

Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's ...

Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...

The weekend of the 2025 summer solstice is chock-full of things to do in San Angelo! From stand-up comedy for a local animal nonprofit to a Juneteenth parade and more, here’s a look at ...

June 19, 1865, about 2,000 Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas to announce the freedom of the remaining enslaved people, 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Juneteenth ...

Today is June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth. It’s a day rooted in cookouts, parades and festivals. Despite the tradition and spectacle, not all Americans know ...

Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

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Spontaneous Juneteenth celebrations emerged almost immediately. Celebrants referred to the day as “Emancipation Day,” “Freedom Day,” “Juneteenth” and “ Jubilee Day .” The latter title alluded to the ...