Juneteenth will be celebrated with flair Saturday, with roller skating the centerpiece of the Black Scranton Project’s event and hair and fashion on display at the Wilkes-Barre NAACP’s event.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations in Galveston, Texas, on June 15, ...

Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom and liberty, much as Independence Day is. In Pensacola, there are a few ways to ...

Recently I was asked, “Why do we need Juneteenth? Aren’t Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month enough?” I carefully explained – even though I was disturbed and perturbed by the question– ...

Red drinks have long symbolized celebration and resilience in African American communities, especially during emancipation observances like Juneteenth. The tradition of red beverages traces back to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Wednesday is Juneteenth. It marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people of African descent in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free. That was more than two years after President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juneteenth will be celebrated with flair Saturday, with roller skating the centerpiece of the Black Scranton Project’s event and ...