For the first Juneteenth since her passing, Houstonians will gather to honor the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee—the ...

Late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was honored during a Juneteenth forum. Meanwhile, the daughter of late Rep. Sylvester ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...

The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...

The Walk for Freedom is held on Juneteenth to mark the two-and-a-half-year delay between the Emancipation Proclamation and ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...

Thursday, June 19th, is Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the day when the last enslaved Americans were finally freed ...

The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...

Juneteenth, which Biden designated as a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday is ...

At the Juneteenth Cookout, families, adults and teenagers gathered together to celebrate the day commemorating the end of ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought ...

In 1939 on the 19th of June, just days after she and her family had moved into a predominantly white neighbourhood in Fort Worth, Texas, their house was destroyed by a white mob. Opal was just 12. The ...