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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found ...

Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in ...

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...