Award-winning author Alliah Agostini has written a Juneteenth holiday cooking and activity book that joyfully affirms Black children’s heritage and history. (Photo courtesy Alliah Agostini) Juneteenth ...

Juneteenth, despite being relatively new to the list of federal holidays (it wasn't until 2021 that it was officially recognized), is just as important as, say, President's Day or Memorial Day.

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The American Civil War had been over for two months before the news arrived to much of Texas, where on June 19, 1865, in the small seaport of Galveston, Union General Gordon Granger issued the ...

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865 Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "What does it mean to be freed?" one child asked a parent. "Were people really that mean?" a mother recalled her children saying.

Vice President Kamala Harris completely botched a history lesson about the new Juneteenth holiday this week when speaking to a group of elementary school-aged children, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 years, marking the day a group of enslaved Black people in Texas learned they had been officially freed over two years prior. But for a new generation ...

A new Juneteenth holiday cooking and activity book by award-winning author Alliah Agostini joyfully affirms Black children’s heritage and history. Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 ...