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.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom ... recognizing the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas two years after it was issued. Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19.

large crowds of African Americans were celebrating Juneteenth. During these early celebrations, prayer and spirituals were common, as were readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing and games.

The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining ... In January 1863, Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal. More than three and a half million ...

Historical photos of Juneteenth celebrations pan across the screen. The screen fades to black and we begin to hear Jamele Adams, Dean of Students, reciting the Emancipation Proclamation. Text on ...

The fifth annual Juneteenth Jubilee will be held on ... to the National Museum of African American History and the presidential proclamation. The announcement came more than two years after ...

a conservative entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate, suggested putting an end to Juneteenth — the annual holiday commemorating the day that slavery officially ended in America ...