The official Juneteenth holiday is recognized annually on June 19. Celebrations are planned across North Carolina, including events in Raleigh and Winston-Salem.

Sharing culture. Sharing history. Bringing the community together. That’s how people should commemorate Juneteenth, according to North Dakota organizers and advocates for the federal holiday.

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Saturday's Juneteenth parade, connecting downtown and East Waco, will kick off a day of celebrations with a film screening, a touch of theater and a hair-design contest, plus after-parade parties.

Juneteenth became a tradition on June 19, 1865, when Gen. Gordon Granger sailed into Galveston, Texas, and issued a proclamation that gave freedom to a quarter-million Blacks in Texas who were ...

Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when the last African American slaves in the United States learned they were free.