Reader Bob Erlich asked about preservation efforts in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town, the historic space just west of downtown where an African-American community emerged and thrived following the Civil ...

On 19 June 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, received momentous news: slavery had been abolished. They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ...

Music festivals, parades, marches and more commemorate Juneteenth across America. Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day.

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th ... particularly in remote areas like Texas. On June 19, 1865, General Granger’s General Order No. 3 informed the people of Texas that all enslaved ...

Right now, Texans can only buy fireworks around the holidays of the Fourth of July, New Year's and, for Texans who live near the Texas-Mexico border, Cinco de Mayo. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865 ...

In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for families to educate and engage children around this important holiday. The Civil War ended in April 1865, but news of ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...