Juneteenth (short for June Nineteenth) is a US federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day — June 19, 1865 — when enslaved African Americans in ...

Can Trump Really Cancel Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday? *With Donald Trump back in the White House and already swinging his sledgehammer at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it's celebrated today. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Juneteenth celebrations in Grand Rapids kicked off Thursday, June 19, with a parade along Eastern Avenue, followed by traditional music, dance and vendor displays in Dickinson ...

Activist and retired educator Opal Lee, 94, known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the ...

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to deliver the freedom news personally to the last enslaved people. Thus, Juneteenth—short for “June Nineteenth”—was born, and now ...

Juneteenth is a significant day for African Americans, especially in Texas, even before it became a federal holiday. There's a lot of work that goes into getting a holiday federally observed, and much ...

All of this has led to increasing confusion over how to commemorate Juneteenth, if at all. Juneteenth is not the first federal holiday with a complicated history. Nevertheless, with other complex ...

*(Los Angeles, CA) – Juneteenth 2025 fell on Thursday, June 19. Many events were planned around Los Angeles and beyond. Some events were held on Saturday, June 14, as well as Saturday, June 21, 2025.