Today is Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when U.S. Army troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform some of the last enslaved Americans that they were free. They were enforcing the Emancipation ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 17: An attendee adjusts his Juneteenth-themed hat during a neighborhood Juneteenth festival on June 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. Two years ago, President Joe Biden signed ...

Stock markets? Open. Post office? Open. Federal courts? Schools? Banks? Businesses? It depends. Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery by marking the day enslaved people in Texas ...

I live in one of the region’s second tier suburbs. On Sunday, I attended the Juneteenth Festival at MLK Park for the first time. What a wonderful experience it was. I met so many people, had ...

Carla Clark | For The Republic Rajon Prescott, clockwise from left, Paulette Roberts and Paris Prescott at the Columbus Enrichment Program booth during the Juneteenth celebration held on 4th street in ...

As we enter the summer we reflect and celebrate the deep legacy we are entrusted to uphold. In the span of just a few weeks, we commemorate three powerful observances: the 250th Birthday of the United ...

Don’t let the day that marked the end of slavery in 1865 be co-opted by corporate America or sterilized by right-wing anti-history campaigns. When the day she had championed for decades finally became ...

I live in one of the region's second-tier suburbs. On Sunday, I attended the Juneteenth Festival at MLK Park for the first time. What a wonderful experience it was. I met so many people, had ...

Two centuries ago, a woman named Esther claimed her freedom. The enslaved woman filed a suit against her enslaver, Bernard H. Buckner, on behalf of herself and her two children in federal court. In ...