Did President Donald Trump cancel Juneteenth this year, or is it still a federal holiday? Juneteenth is the second spring holiday, following Memorial Day, but its future has been in doubt since ...
The Senate on Tuesday has unanimously passed legislation establishing Juneteenth, June 19, as a federal holiday. The passage happened after Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson dropped his objection to the ...
Bank of America is preparing for a three-day shutdown in June. The bank will close all of its branches across the United ...
The city of Las Vegas’ Juneteenth celebration hits a milestone this year, bringing a free outdoor festival and intimate R&B ...
Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, 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 one of ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...