This Juneteenth I returned to the memorial to honor him and all who served our country, one that spent its first two centuries seeing most of its Black people as someone else's property. In a ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

Amid concerns for Black rights in the US and ahead of a tense election period, celebrating Juneteenth has never been more important. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...

MLS has announced a wide-ranging series of initiatives to celebrate Juneteenth in partnership with adidas and Black Players for Change (BPC), the league's independent organization of Black MLS ...

Every little Black girl deserves to know how amazing she truly is ... Today, we pay tribute to this historical day with a special holiday on June 19 called Juneteenth. This colorfully illustrated ...