GALVESTON, Texas -- The most popular Juneteenth celebration of emancipation is in Galveston, Texas, where the last enslaved people were freed. The city designated five sites you can walk to ...

Juneteenth became an official holiday in Texas in 1980, thanks to eccentric Texas State Representative Al Edwards, and now 31 states officially recognize the celebration.

On Thursday a freedom bell, commissioned by Texas A&M University’s Department of Architecture, returned to Galveston, the ...

Galveston ushered in Juneteenth 2023, 158 years after the historic moment in U.S. history. HOUSTON, Texas -- Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021 and a state holiday in 1980.

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Opal Lee, the 94-year-old Texan known as the grandmother of Juneteenth for her efforts to make the day a federal holiday, was honored by the state's lawmakers.

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom, two months after the Confederacy surrendered and ...

Is Juneteenth a holiday? President Joe Biden signed it into federal law last year. DALLAS -- Opal Lee, 95, spent years lobbying for federal recognition of Juneteenth, and her work finally paid off.

This weekend, 8-year-old Jalissa’d Sims will carry that legacy to the stage as the East Texas representative for Junior Miss Juneteenth in the state finals. “I’m excited,” Jalissa’d said.