Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation reaching the last Confederate state, is around the corner.

(CNN) — For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many nonworking holidays in America” costing the country “billions of dollars ...

Juneteenth is America's best-known emancipation celebration—but not its only one.

In a northern Florida graveyard, as the trill of insects filled the air, 83-year-old Wilbur B. Bell knelt in the shade of overgrown trees and tapped on a worn gravestone. “This is my father,” Bell ...

CNN — This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents of the historic Pullman neighborhood celebrate Juneteenth during a parade and block party hosted by the National A.