From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866 ...

Save the Children encourages parents and caregivers to talk with their children about the history of race in America. In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for ...

The coming week, shortened by Wednesday's Juneteenth holiday, will start to test that thesis. Retail sales for May, out Tuesday morning, are expected to show a moderate 0.4% rise overall and 0.3% ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...

This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: From live music to Juneteenth events, here's 12 things to do in the valley this week ...

Juneteenth National Independence Day commemorates the freeing of slaves in the U.S. and was first celebrated in Texas, where, on June 19, 1865, “enslaved people were declared free under the ...

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 ...

Juneteenth is the celebration of this order ... Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New ...

SUBMITTED ARTICLE [email protected] Jun 9, 2023 Jun 9, 2023 The Center for African American History, Art & Culture, and the City of Aiken will host Aiken’s 2023 Juneteenth Celebration ...

“Miss Juneteenth” filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples ... work space at the Silver Sun Residence and culminates with a week in New York City. “Recognizing the particular challenges ...

It provides a living and work space at the Silver Sun Residence and culminates with a week in New York City ... through a screening of “Miss Juneteenth” at Upstate Films’ Orpheum Theater ...