Juneteenth, a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19, honors the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in a Confederate community in Galveston, Texas, who were notified that ...

After nearly 40 years, Juneteenth is now America's newest federal holiday. But its history goes back centuries to Black communities in Texas.

As local plantation owners lamented the loss of their most valuable property, Black Texans celebrated Granger’s Juneteenth announcement with singing, dancing and feasting. The 182,566 enslaved ...

More recently, Juneteenth has become an official holiday in Texas, a state that once sanctioned human bondage. But more and more, Texas blacks are divided over whether June 19 is a day to ...

The official Juneteenth holiday is on June 19, but many Central Texas celebrations will take place this weekend. After the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, thousands of African ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The festivities have kicked off for the 3rd Annual North Texas Juneteenth celebrations. The holiday was nationally recognized in 2021, but the State of Texas is ...

Thursday morning rears a bright and warm beginning to the 27th annual Austin Central Texas Juneteenth parade. Music hits the streets as a unified white linen band trickles down East Martin Luther ...

Juneteenth commemorates Union Army General Gordon Granger’s proclamation, issued on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, which ordered the freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas.

On the Dallas side, the 2nd Annual North Texas Juneteenth celebration will take place tomorrow at Fair Park from 10 a.m. until 8p.m. A march, festival and live entertainment all included.

Cornyn is not the first Texas lawmaker to take similar steps toward celebrating Juneteenth. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, introduced a resolution aiming to recognize the ...

On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and announced to the people of the state that ...