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 ...

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, ...

He said there's much about slavery we've "failed to come to grips with." House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn said on Friday that new legislation to mark Juneteenth as a federal holiday to commemorate ...