Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became ...

The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will be closed Thursday, June 19, and open again for normal trading hours on Friday, June 20. NYSE American Equities, NYSE Arca Equities, NYSE Chicago, and NYSE ...

The official Juneteenth holiday is Thursday, but in Olean Juneteenth will be celebrated  with two events — the 6th Annual ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

Different events will take place in the Upstate for the Juneteenth holiday as many celebrate African American independence.

In his largest ever American institutional show, at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the nonagenarian painter is an unparalleled ...

The birthplace of Motown and the Model T car, this industrious Michigan city has gone from boom to bust and back. Today, it’s ...

We believe the word “Juneteenth” is much more than a cute play on words. It is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas, ...

Gov. Andy Beshear joined tourism and community leaders at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville this week to unveil a new ...

Whether you are related or not, everyone is family at Saturday’s Juneteenth Family Reunion. Celebrate the spirit of coming ...