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

The Juneteenth Committee 1865 has launched a community shoe drive with five drop-off locations. The drop-off locations include: Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) (second floor), New Mount Zion Baptist ...

The Opal, named after the Grandmother of Juneteenth, opens in North Fort Worth on Thursday.

Fort Worth's Opal Lee called for unity and courage in a letter to newly sworn-in President Trump on inauguration day.

Plano, Illinois recognized Juneteenth as a holiday in February 2021. That same year, it became a state and federal holiday. However, event organizers announced on social media that the 2025 ...

Officials overseeing patents in the Intellectual Property Office [IPO] have been marking Juneteenth. The event on June 19 commemorates the end of slavery in the United States in 1865. President ...

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It’s nearly Black History Month (BHM), a time to highlight the achievements of members of the African diaspora. As a Black ...

Are banks open on Juneteenth in 2024? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The answer is no ...

Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger read “General Order No. 3” in Galveston, Texas, declaring ...