WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo issued an official proclamation declaring February as 2025 Black ...

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham and Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Abbeville, have prefiled bills that would permanently establish Juneteenth as a state holiday in Alabama. Rehm’s bill would also provide ...

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

Plans for the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth are showing progress. The museum will replace the Southside Community Center, and the center will be relocated to the Hazel Harvey Peace Center ...

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 ...

Despite rumors and misinformation that swirled last week, President Donald Trump has recognized February 2025 as National ...

Around 75 people stood in the City Hall Council Chambers, singing the lyrics of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the 1900 hymn by ...

This year's Black History Month theme celebrates the role of Black labor in building the nation through industry or community ...

The state and local governments would only be able to fly U.S., state, military and prisoner-of-war flags over their ...

Commission Chairman Vince Schibi said Juneteenth would be restored for 2026 because Christmas is on Friday. The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in 1863, but slaves near Galveston, Texas, ...

Controversy surrounding another City of Vacaville proclamation has surfaced online, as this year the city’s proclamation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day was presented in a different Solano County ...