Lubbock will mark the upcoming Juneteenth holiday with a day-long celebration Saturday. Check out the full lineup of events.

Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas ... region will mark the day with celebrations and other events. Hingham Unity Council Juneteenth Celebration has live music, beer and artisan ...

The 157-year-old holiday, the name of which is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when a group of enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they ...

The city also hosts Emancipation Day events throughout the month. Visit Galveston offers a self-guided tour experience. Visitors can download the Freedom Walk Map, which includes Juneteenth ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Parades and beads and vendors – oh my! Mardi Gras Galveston has taken over the island, with thousands of attendees from near and far soaking up more than a century worth of ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Mardi Gras! Galveston is moving forward with festivities despite the cancellation of the Krewe of Gambrinus parade, which was scheduled to start Saturday at 6 p.m. along ...

On 19 June 1865, enslaved people in Galveston ... The first Juneteenth celebrations took place in Texas in 1866, with family events such as meals, parades, musical performance and prayers.

Juneteenth celebrates June 19 as the anniversary ... On the morning of June 19, 1865, the enslaved population of Galveston, Texas woke up in bondage for the last time. It was that day, nearly ...

Galveston, a city deeply tied to the history of Black freedom through Juneteenth and the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, revealed a hidden chapter of its past with the installation of a ...

NFL free agent Michael Thomas took us around Galveston, Texas the birthplace of Juneteenth to share this American story. Rodney and Erika McLeod, co-founders of the "Change Our Future" foundation ...