Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...

Another Juneteenth has come and gone, except in Galveston. Former President Joe Biden's visit to the island last Thursday and the ballooning number of celebrations worldwide (Mexico, Ghana, Nigeria) ...

The city council Thursday passed a long-awaited resolution of general support for the development of a museum dedicated to ...

Washington — Former President Joe Biden criticized "ongoing efforts to erase history" during a Juneteenth Celebration Service ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned ...

An hour from Houston sit historical markers, marking the significance of the federal holiday. ABC13 goes in-depth all week on ...

One hundred and sixty years after word reached Galveston, Texas, that enslaved African Americans were now free, the city is honouring Juneteenth all year round. On 19 June 1865, a Union general ...

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ...

The Symphony Orchestra and the Heritage Chorale showcased songs of sorrow to mark Juneteenth, as a way to preserve and recognize the history and culture of African Americans.

Before Former President Joe Biden made his appearance in the city where Juneteenth began, Galveston celebrated the holiday ...

Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...