The initial celebrations of Juneteenth were community-based events that included prayer meetings, singing spirituals and the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Formerly enslaved people and ...

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District announced Thursday. This year’s celebration will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“Juneteenth actually should be celebrated as a day of hope so we all will know to never give up on uncertain times,” says Kimberly Baxter-Lee, the Paine College Assistant Professor of History.

1, 1863, by the Emancipation Proclamation ... we have an opportunity to expand that culture and sense of community here with our Juneteenth celebrations. I would say that freedom is definitely ...

MEDINA, Ohio -- For the fourth year in a row, the Medina community will come together in the city’s historic square to observe Juneteenth ... the Emancipation Proclamation -- the Union ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...

At the ceremony, Annie Weatherby-Flowers, the founder of Juneteenth in Madison, described Juneteenth as a celebration of freedom and a way to connect the Black community. At the ceremony, Rep. Shelia ...

It was over 2½ years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ... by collaborating with community leaders, organizations and individuals. "Juneteenth reminds us ...

Juneteenth was declared a national holiday in 2016, which is when the church began hosting their festival, and has held it ever since. "This event is for the community for everyone to join in on ...