WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his decision to resume campaign rallies next week on a day marking ... for scheduling the rally on June 19, known as Juneteenth, in Tulsa, Oklahoma ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day ... its own history with Juneteenth. On June 19, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign held a Solidarity Day rally on the National Mall.

On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed June 15 as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance.” “California is proud to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday ...

This official day of recognition not only commemorates the end to slavery, it also pays homage to black culture, the freedom ... proud to sign into law this legislation declaring Juneteenth ...