The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence ...

Can Trump Really Cancel Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday? *With Donald Trump back in the White House and already swinging his sledgehammer at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, many ...

Juneteenth, short for June 19th, commemorates the day the last remaining enslaved people in the U.S. — in Galveston, Texas — received word that the Civil War had ended and they had been liberated by ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Juneteenth celebrations in Grand Rapids kicked off Thursday, June 19, with a parade along Eastern Avenue, followed by traditional music, dance and vendor displays in Dickinson ...

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to deliver the freedom news personally to the last enslaved people. Thus, Juneteenth—short for “June Nineteenth”—was born, and now ...