Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth is the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

The federal holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S., and many workers will get the day off. The stock market also takes a break on the holiday. Yes. It's the youngest federal holiday and ...

Those around the US behind efforts to cripple civil rights, erase accurate, unvarnished history and keep Americans afraid don't deserve to celebrate.

The City of Galveston on Thursday revealed a new initiative to develop a national Juneteenth center in the city where a Union ...

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S. federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

*(CNN) — This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon ...

President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters, including establishing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery, ...