San Antonio wrapped up its Juneteenth celebration this weekend with a block party, highlighting the holiday's significance in honoring freedom and progress.

Though many San Antonians are distracted by the start of this year’s postponed Fiesta, this weekend marks another important holiday — Juneteenth. Though the holiday itself lands on Saturday, local ...

It is 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has surrendered, the Civil War is over and President Abraham Lincoln has been assassinated, yet the state of Texas still practices slavery. It is not until ...

LOS ANGELES -- Elita Adjei was born in Houston and raised in California, where she and her family carried on Juneteenth traditions and celebrations passed down over the years. Adjei welcomed us into ...

Folks gathered at Comanche Park on Friday and Saturday for a two-day Emancipation Day celebration. In addition to food booths, a health fair and sporting activities, the party included live music by ...

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous.” ...