President Trump hinted at ending federal recognition of Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the U.S. But there are ...

Juneteenth has not been scrubbed from the list of holidays observed by Oklahoma County government, but its apparent omission sparked a short-lived firestorm before it was found to have been a ...

Mosaic Why Trump’s attack on Juneteenth sparked calls to cancel other federal holidays Published: Jun. 24, 2025, 12:19 p.m.

For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many nonworking holidays in America” costing the country “billions of ...

A version of this article appears in print on July 6, 2025, Section ST, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Juneteenth as a Celebration of Black Love.

Terrence Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd who was killed by a police officer, speaks during the unveiling event of Floyd's statue, as part of Juneteenth celebrations in Brooklyn, N.Y., June ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday has ...

Jasmine Kingi, left, 26, and Robin Renee Green, 26, both from Los Angeles, celebrate as they take part in a car parade to mark Juneteenth in Inglewood, Calif, June 19, 2021.

During the discussion, Collins pointed out that signatures on the petition to make Juneteenth a federal holiday went from a few thousand to more than 1.5 million in the days following Floyd's death.