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

The first Juneteenth was held in Galveston the next year. Celebrations were low-key affairs, often kept to church gatherings and community events. Despite gaining their freedom, the lot of Black ...

Juneteenth recognizes the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, symbolizing the end of slavery ...

Augusta's annual Juneteenth Festival will be noon to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds at 308 Hale St. in Augusta. The day-long, free event includes soulful-conscious ...

Several events through the weekend are planned to celebrate the holiday Thursday. We look back at its history here.

The church, located at 2013 Broadway, was built in 1863, although slaves began worshipping on the property in 1848. In June ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

History came alive Tuesday for visitors to Galveston’s historic 1838 Menard House as living history interpreters regaled ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Former President Joe Biden might be a special guest at a Juneteenth celebration on Galveston Island. It ...

Texas native Wesley Johnson Sr. donned his signature white Stetson cowboy hat and rode his white stallion through city ...

Juneteenth marks a pivotal part of our nation's history. For one family, it's also a time to reflect on their past: the journey of their enslaved ancestors and the success that followed.

Just 50 miles from Galveston Island, two community leaders are carrying the torch of freedom through affordable housing, ...