Her family in Texas own a former Confederate plantation. Every year, she said, her father hosts a giant Juneteenth celebration to gather and teach the community about its history. 'I was raised ...

The celebrations for Juneteenth began in 1866 – some people held parties, parades, prayer gatherings or cookouts. In 1980, Juneteenth first became a state holiday in Texas, and over time ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...

A fight between two groups broke out at around 10:50 p.m. during the Round Rock Juneteenth Celebration ... a shooting at a ...

It marks the day on which Union soldiers brought news about the Emancipation Proclamation to Texas. While Juneteenth celebrates freedom, it also highlights community, education and achievement in the ...

AMHERST — Celebrations to mark Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the last American citizens in Galveston, Texas were informed that slavery was abolished, are scheduled for both Saturday and on ...

In essence, that’s what Juneteenth means to me,” Gordon-Reed said in keynote remarks at a recent two-day conference on slavery in Texas, hosted by the Witte Museum. The author’s work led ...

Personal relationships and the everyday life of enslaved people will be an area of focus at the Witte’s 8th annual Conference on Texas, “Ode to Juneteenth: Slavery in Texas,” Dec.

Juneteenth celebrations will continue on Saturday with ... with many of them having been present in Texas in May, June and July 1865. “We are honored to assist the African American community ...

Juneteenth celebrations in Reading began Friday ... The holiday marks June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Texas learned about their freedom. "We initially started off with just a weekend celebration.

The Conference on Texas is presented by H-E-B with generous support from Bank of America, the Smithsonian Institution’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past Initiative, Wells Fargo ...

It was not until Juneteenth: June 19, 1865, that enslaved people in Texas were freed, two years after the signing of the Emancipation ... For more information and schedule of events, please visit ...