In my view as a scholar of race and colonialism, Emancipation Days - Juneteenth in Texas - are not what many people think, because emancipation did not do what most of us think it did. As ...

It's also known as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, or Cel-Liberation Day. Juneteenth is widely celebrated across the US, and for many the day became even more poignant after George ...

The area is still known as Emancipation Park. Nowadays, Juneteenth celebrations often involve cookouts, parades, church services, and other public events, per NPR. In 2022, for example ...

Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in 2021 but is rooted in a deep history tied to the US slave trade. Amid concerns for Black rights in ...

In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for families to educate and engage children around this important holiday. The Civil War ended in April 1865, but news of ...

The Juneteenth holiday, sometimes called Freedom Day, has its roots in President Abraham Lincoln’s revered Emancipation Proclamation. On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln announced: “All persons held as ...

Are banks open on Juneteenth in 2024? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The answer is no ...

However, Juneteenth has been celebrated in some form since June 19, 1866, one year to the day from when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed by Union troops of the Emancipation ...