During their regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, the Antioch City Council voted unanimously to approve a proclamation ...

February is Black History Month and the City of Panama City and the Bay County NAACP recognized the month-long observance ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

Council approves flying Pan African Flag in February for Black History Month and through Juneteenth ...

Among these trailblazers is Jocqueline Killings Richardson, a renowned choral director whose influence spans over 35 years. A ...

That came two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and months after Congress passed the 13th Amendment. Ivey has declared Juneteenth a state holiday each year since ...

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration ... This news was received nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which became official on ...

The Pentagon's intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing "special observances" of several federal holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Juneteenth ...

although the governor often issues a proclamation honoring it and the Department of Education encourages it in schools. Florida does recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth ...