On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a ...

Angélique Roché wrote the first-ever graphic novel dedicated to the history of Juneteenth, which chronicles the inspiring ...

Interview with University of Texas professor Peniel Joseph, winner of Texas Writer Award from Texas Book Festival ...

A fundraising dinner to benefit the seventh-annual Potsdam community-wide Juneteenth Celebration will be held Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Reservations are requested for seating at a community meal and to-go ...

US publisher Oni Press has gone big promoting the upcoming release of the graphic novel First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, utilising the cover of trade journal Publishers Weekly to ...

The holiday traces back 160 years on the island, to the day General Gordon Granger announced enslaved people were free two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. The three people killed ...

In a decision that has sparked debate over importance of cultural sensitivity in Trump administration, the White House on 20 June 2025 stirred a major controversy by skipping Juneteenth celebrations ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...

Cal Johnson, born into slavery, became Knoxville's first Black millionaire after emancipation. Tennessee celebrates Emancipation Day on August 8, marking the day many enslaved Tennesseans learned of ...

One is overwhelmed with the daily news, which is replete with coverage of President Donald Trump’s subtle and not-so-subtle efforts to turn back decades of civil rights advancements. Indeed, the ...

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment. By Jeff Shesol Is our vaunted system really safe from the shameless likes of ...

Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered by ...